DS's professor saying assignment submitted at 11:59pm is late

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP. Updating because of the discussion about this: DS's professor announced that students who submitted at 11:59 won't be penalized for this assignment. He wrote that he will update the syllabus to reflect that future assignments are due by 11:59:00.

DS told me that he will definitely never submit this last minute again (this was his first and last time) and is glad that this won't affect his grade.

Good!

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the update OP, and for reporting on this issue in the first place. I, like many others, used it as a teaching moment for my kids, and also it was good zoom banter on my various work meetings. So glad it worked out for your kid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The deadline was 11:59pm. DS submitted it at 11:59 and the website marked it as late because it was set to put anything later than 11:59:00 as late.

DS emailed professor, and he said that because the website marked it as late, it was late.

DS takes full responsibility for submitting last minute and told me that he has learned from this experience. He wasn't able to work on the assignment for several days as he was experiencing symptoms of a chronic illness and did not ask for more time to finish the assignment.

Other students in the course experienced the same thing and are going to higher-ups in the professor's department.

Usually I would let him figure this out on his own. As the assignment being graded as late may significantly affect his final grade (which is important for admission to grad/professional schools), should he also go to higher-ups in the professor's department? Or should he just accept what happened? [/quote]

If he didn't communicate that he was sick or going to be late than that is on him. He needs to accept what happens. And you need to butt the hell out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Omg land the helicopter immediately.

LOL!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The deadline was 11:59pm. DS submitted it at 11:59 and the website marked it as late because it was set to put anything later than 11:59:00 as late.

DS emailed professor, and he said that because the website marked it as late, it was late.

DS takes full responsibility for submitting last minute and told me that he has learned from this experience. He wasn't able to work on the assignment for several days as he was experiencing symptoms of a chronic illness and did not ask for more time to finish the assignment.

Other students in the course experienced the same thing and are going to higher-ups in the professor's department.

Usually I would let him figure this out on his own. As the assignment being graded as late may significantly affect his final grade (which is important for admission to grad/professional schools), should he also go to higher-ups in the professor's department? Or should he just accept what happened? [/quote]

If he didn't communicate that he was sick or going to be late than that is on him. He needs to accept what happens. And you need to butt the hell out.

Did you read update?