• Arcanepotato@crazypeople.online
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    1 day ago

    Personal anecdote time: for some reason in high school math I worked out that I could get the grades I needed for university admissions if I ignored the trig section and focused on getting the rest right.

    It worked for the immediate goal but did not serve me well in the long term lol.

    • schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works
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      That was the Microsoft Upgrade Path for me on the A+ exam. I always thought I’d learn everything I possibly could, but knowing which editions of Windows upgraded to which was just such a huge time investment for a) something that would be at most a few points on the exam and b) trivial to look up.

      But, yeah, you boned yourself there.