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Not doing homework as a kid. Got to have a full childhood with lots of independent fucking around that has shaped my personality for the better. Tested out of school, and now me and those of my cohort who tried are all in the same boat anyway.
Were you homeschooled? That's the only way I can imagine a kid could escape homework, because traditional shitty schools require homework. Because schools' objective is to make children miserable & accustomize them to the agonizing relentless pressures of responsibility. I'm sincerely happy for you that you broke free from that bullshit & found true enjoyment in childhood, while traditional shitty schools rob children of their childhood joy 😥
Disclaimer: I'm from the EU, I don't know if it's more difficult in the US. But I escaped homework by simply not doing it. I got yelled at, there were a lot of talks between my parents and the school, teachers made fun of me in front of the whole class...but that just made me more angry and more unwilling to do them. :)
Ultimately, there was nothing they could do, except giving me bad grades, but I didn't much care about those. I've been a little shithead.
What also helped was my parents not giving much of a fuck either, they trusted me to do what's best for me.
Same, just didn't do the homework or attend school full time. Only turned up for a morning presence and went home shortly after. School tried for a year or 2, gave up and ignored it
The way I avoided home work in the 80s was not do it and not care about the repercussion, though I did drop out at 16 and get my GED.
Hell yeah, brother. I'm in the same boat. Sunk myself into my computer instead of doing boring tasks after school and now it's my job.