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[quote=Anonymous]These posts critical of the kid and parent are annoyingly off base.  The professor messed up.  He or she misprogrammed the software to make it inconsistent with the instructions given.  Or, stated differently, the professor gave incorrect instructions.

Does anybody think that because taxes must be filed (in most years) by April 15 that you can be penalized for filing them on April 15?  Does anybody think that you can get ticketed for going 55 mph in 55 mph zone?

I would say no.  That's not how people speak English.  That's not how the IRS, the state police, or courts operate, and this point comes up literally thousands of times a day every day in real world settings like those. The professor's choice of 11:59 as the deadline made it seem that the professor understood these conventions and did not indicate that the professor was deviating from them.

I agree that the kid would have been prudent to turn in his homework earlier--after all, people encounter internet connectivity problems all the time--but that's really irrelevant here because the kid actually did turn in the work on time.

I also agree that the world would be a better place if kids were more independent, but I think many (probably most) parents would appreciate being consulted before a kid went to the administration to complain. I also can understand that many kids who got screwed in this way would seek parental advice on how to respond.  Hopefully the result of the dialogue would be that, if the kid decided to complain, the communication to the administration would be written in a measured and respectful way.

I also disagree with those who say a grade in one class is irrelevant.  It might be irrelevant but it might not be.  Is it the difference between graduating with or without honors?  Is it a key class that particular graduate programs are likely to consider?  I can imagine scenarios in which a particular grade is important.

Good for the kid for speaking up.
 
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