What a sad case. Life is just full of disappointments like this regarding "what I want to do" versus "what others expect me to do". I say "quit whining and, do your assignment yourself" (even if, heaven forbid, you learn something from it), and move on; just like everybody else -- Web superstars (there's an oxymoron) included.

After all, I had to learn Fortran, but have I used it since? No, but I now have copious stacks of punched cards and miles of tape to burn in the fireplace when the power goes out.