I spent a full week on a semester book report in college the second time I went to college, and ended with a term paper I was super proud of. I got a B on that paper but the important part was I learned a ton from that book and it was super interesting.

The first time I went to college I completed a term paper in a couple of hours the night before after largely blowing the class off and got both a B on the paper and a C in the class for it. I didn't remember until I was turning it in that it was supposed to take me the whole semester to write and be a big project to stress over

I don't know what the takeaway is exactly here but I think it's interesting nonetheless