> Even showing a lack of interest in their pointless projects is a life lesson in priorities and individualism.
If you teach your kid the lesson that life sucks and trying is for suckers, don't be surprised when they believe it and don't get anywhere in life because they never try.
Life doesn't suck and trying isn't for suckers but school isn't life. Trying more than the minimum necessary to get what you want out of school is just waste. If you find some cool subject or project at school that you genuinely care about then by all means go all out. But doing great work when excellent will get you an A and all you care about is a grade is a waste of time and energy.
If you teach your kid the lesson that life sucks and trying is for suckers, don't be surprised when they believe it and don't get anywhere in life because they never try.