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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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]

Learning curve for DS to submit his assisgnments on a more timely manner. You need to stay out of this.  If he cannot submit his assignments he should probably not be thinking of grad/professional schools.[/quote]
Why so much contempt for

DP.  The last sentence is ridiculous.  Because someone turns an assignment in late they shouldn't be thinking of grad school?  [/quote]
I have no idea if this is a pattern or not for the student about whom this thread is written...but yes, in general, my experience is that a student who waits until the literal last minute to submit assignments, or regularly submits assignments late, are not often top candidates for graduate school.[/quote]

OP said nothing about this being a persistent issue.  There are many students who turn in assignments at the last minute who do just fine in grad school.  Are you suggesting only "top candidates" should consider grad school?  [/quote]

Some professors even disregard deadlines, according to an article that I read: https://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2012/08/01/essay-academics-and-importance-deadlines

"I have never worked in any community where deadlines are as routinely disregarded as they appear to be in the academy."[/quote]

Officer Friendly almost never gives out a tcket for 65.1 mph. They have more common sense than these adjuncts with aspirations of being a tenured God. [/quote]

Why so much contempt for adjuncts/Professors?  
Please remember that the instructor might have dozens of students and tons of grading. He or she is simply enforcing a stated policy. The student should of course ask for leniency but I don’t think it is fair to be so contemptuous of the Professor for not accepting a late assignment [/quote]

Why the contempt? Those who try to intervene on behalf of their DC and fail tend to become bitter. [/quote]

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