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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Congrats, they think rules don't apply to them. Good luck getting them to pay their taxes.[/quote]

A's and B's may not be good enough to get into a good college. Of course if all you aspire to is somewhere like JMU, you should be o.k.,[/quote]

Oh, can it.[/quote]

low expectations, sub-par results. College acceptance is so competitive, but I have heard there is one for everybody; i.e., the right "fit" and all. I wonder which school is the right fit for kids who choose which homework they will and will not do?  [b]Maybe put this on your application essay - why I picked and chose which homework I would do.?[/b][/quote]

Also a good thing to discuss in your future job interviews: "I simply ignore assigned tasks that I'd rather not do."[/quote]

Or[b] "I was able to determine and focus on the tasks that were a priority for achieving the end goal and not waste time on things that added little value[/b]."[b] I'd much rather hire someone who can thoughtfully evaluate our systems and processes to find things that are inefficient/ineffective than someone who just follows along because that's what they've been told.[/b] I want thinkers, not lemmings, on my team. If something doesn't make sense, I want my team members to challenge it. If I disagree, we can discuss it, but I hope the discussion is more than "do it because I said so." I didn't hear anything in OP's description where the teacher provided arguments in support of homework for the A student beyond "it's disrespectful of me to not do it." If any manager in my organization justified having an employee do something based solely on respect for authority vs. articulating how and why it mattered in achieving our goals, they would be gone.

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no, things [i]you decided [/i]were of little value.  We don't want to hire people who take this decision upon themselves.   I hire people who do what they're told, not pick and choose among the ones [i]they think[/i] are of value.  Most employers tell you what the assignment is. The employees' job is to do it or they won't be around very long[/quote]

I don't think I'd want my child (or myself) to be another cog in the wheel at your organization. [b]Creativity and innovation[/b] should be encouraged, not stomped out by middling middle managers. [/quote]

Refusing to do an assigned task is neither creative nor innovative.[/quote]

Obviously it's not a good analogy, equating high school homework to work assigned in a job.[/quote]

It'snot that the tasks are identical, it's the attitude toward them. They can be dismissed because you want to.

The HS kid who can't get why he should pay past due library fines, will grow up to scoff at other debts he thinks he is too special to pay. [/quote]

It was a calculated decision by the family.  Not a student's "meh - I just don't feel it."

That kid will discover consequences of not paying fines/debts.  And not relevant to this discussion.

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