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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Stop comparing this to speeding or filing taxes. It's neither of those things.

The student has probably heard "don't wait until the last minute" hundreds of times in their life, but they've just finally learned the lesson.
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Of course, he shouldn't have waited until the last minute. No one is arguing that. The question is - what is the last minute? Does it end at 11:59:00 or 11:59:59? And clearly people interpret that differently. Otherwise there wouldn't be 15 pages of responses.[/quote]

I have two kids in two different colleges. I let them read the OP. Neither one was surprised. They said professors set a time and that is it. One said that 11:59:00 is a  common deadline at his school. He’s taking a summer class right now and has an assignment due today. When he came downstairs earlier, I asked him when his assignment was due. He said 11:59:59. He said the whole thing.

My point is, college kids know, even if we don’t, even if it was different when we were there or we think it should be different. The college kids know to check the due date and know what it means. [/quote]

I just asked my college kid. He doesn't know. And luckily, he's never cut it that close.[/quote]

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