Sparknotes guilt?

Question

Hi Im in 11th grade and im taking American literature. Im doing an essay but my english teacher seems very bad to me. We read books very quickly and she gives very weakly phrased essay questions. I can't ask her about them because we have spring break now... The book im reading is kinda tedious to understand... I read it but I didnt understand it 100%. I need to do good on this english essay should i s***w it and use Sparknotes??? I feel very guilty doing this... also who here uses sparknotes and still gets good grades in english??? Should I also use sparknotes in college and disguise my essays very good??? Im very curious and wondering about this...

Answer 1

use sparknotes as a reference, don't copy and paste it...use it to help you understand the material and know what to write about.

Answer 2

learn from sparknotes or learn from the teacher - either way it's still learning