I can't follow videos very well because I can't ask questions in the meantime. Books are better than videos because at least I can see the print, and it goes at the speed of my reading instead of the speed of my listening. But for tougher concepts, in person is the very best. Does that make sense? (Following videos pervades all aspects of my life, btw. It's one reason that I always have the captioning on when watching TV, and mostly watch TV on demand or on the Internet now, because I can pause and rewind to catch parts I missed. And why I read so very much more than I watch.) Also, at that age, it was extremely difficult for me to manage things like homework. I just couldn't organize myself well enough, and even a small amount of work was hugely daunting. I could get stuck just trying to find a pencil. The reading itself would not have been a problem, it was the getting started on the work, not losing the book, writing legibly, moving on if I got stuck aspects that kept me from doing it. But I don't think I'm alone in this, and I suspect that other kids with the same problem I had get the same "diagnosis" - lazy, doesn't want to work. I mean, I *didnt* want to work, but that wasn't the problem.

"I know EXACTLY what you mean. My undergrad school had a similar scandal. But of course, the flip side was, "But, but, but... why didn't anybody invite me to one of these homework-sharing parties? I thought people liked me...?" The boost to my intellectual ego comes with a tax on my social confidence."

Yeah, well, I was kinda a social outcast throughout most of my schooling. I don't mention that part.