I've been fortunate to never had braces, but let me tell you once you get them out...best feeling in the world (according to my friends). How long you've got left with them?
You're in year 11, yeah? Man I don't remember getting buried with homework at the beginning of year 11, in fact the workload was relatively breezy.....if it makes you less stressed, year 11 doesn't count towards anything..its only really important with subjects like maths or chemistry where the year 12 course builds from the prelim..like with English for example, you can bludge through the year 11 part and still ace the HSC....but yeah, thats child cruelty if you're getting that much work in year 11 XD...what school do you go to?