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I had 5+ hours of homework every night in middle school. It increased in high school. I would do the math homework and blow the rest of it off. I did this for three years of middle school and the first three years of high school. The homework was all rote repitition, and I got bored with it. I still aced all of my tests--so not doing the homework wasn't detracting from my learning. It was detracting from my grades, as I had a lot of teachers who put effort above results--they would give more emphasis on grades to homework (right or wrong) over tests.

Sophomore year of high school, I got a job washing dishes at the local pizza place. Working 15 hours a week all but made completing all of the homework I was assigned impossible. Finally, senior year I was able get all of my homework done, but 4 periods out of 8 were in classes that assigned no homework. (Working in the bank two periods + gym + early dismissal.)

In college I did fine because the tests were the grades. I could do the homework if I felt it helped me, and blew it off if it didn't.