If you really think this guy is a great prof, it may be an excellent opportunity to build a strong working relationship with him.

Try approaching him during office hours about you helping out with the class, maybe proofing his lecture notes, doing research for future classes, etc.

If you can do the homework with little effort, then you'll wind up spending about as much time as if you were really learning in the class, but you will help improve the class for everyone, and make an ally in the faculty. Unless, of course, the guy is an egomaniacal assh*le and you are just being polite in public.

Disclaimer: I went to a hippy college without grades where we were on a first name basis with our profs. YMMV.

TGI says moo

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