Because I look at the fact that we've done the same type assignment for 5 weeks now in CS class and decide I just don't care. Normally you'd think "Oh, it's easy, just finish it up!", but after the third of fourth time of doing the same thing, I just can't make myself do it. "Write a class that contains 3 variables name x,y,z. For next week, make sure they're named pizza, ham, eggs" and so on.
>"They may be willing to bring you into some more challenging environments if you show an interest and the capabilities."
That would really change my outlook. I'm not normally very outgoing, but I guess I could go ask a few of the professors.