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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My college freshman just got his first semester grades. He got 2 Cs (first ever Cs in his school career). He got them because he turned in two papers late. In both classes, he turned them in 3 days late. He had As in both classes but they dropped to Cs because of the two late papers (after two days late, you get a zero). Maybe public schools need to focus more on skills like turning work in on time or penalties will apply. My kid is in shock that he got zeros from work that was late. FCPS trained him to not pay attention to due dates.[/quote]
You failed him not FCPS but it's easy to blame someone else.  [/quote]

Actually, I was happy he finally knows what due dates are. Hopefully, it only takes one time for him to unlearn what years of FCPS has taught him. Due dates are real and not meeting them have consequences. [/quote]

I’m a professor and I personally think a zero for two days late is too harsh. I do a 10% penalty per day late. This gives students the ability to decide if they want  to turn the paper in on time, or take extra time knowing they will get a lower grade. We all have to learn to balance and prioritize various tasks, and weigh the pros and cons of our decisions. If they email me asking for extra time, I remind them that they can still get a decent grade if they think they need an extra day or two to complete their best work. It’s not like I can actually grade all of their work in two days. I think having a consequence for late work is good,
but overly harsh penalties just sounds like someone on a power trip.
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I actually thought two days leeway was pretty generous. If you didn’t turn in your work in the due date when I was in school (including college), you got a zero. [/quote]

Times have changed. No need to be overly harsh just for the sake of it. You can teach the importance of deadlines without making it so someone fails the whole class (or doesn’t get credit for their major) for a paper that’s a couple of days late. With how expensive college is now you’d have a mutiny if every class was like that. Some of the older professors can still get away with these old practices but most cannot. [/quote]

My brother lost his job when he didn’t file an important brief on time. If I don’t hand in my work on time, I’ll be placed on a PIP. I guess everyone else works in loosey goosey jobs. [/quote]

Stop being so self-important. There are certain things that must be done on the day they are scheduled or due — e.g. exams and presentations. But for an assignments for which there is no practical reason that they absolutely must be done on a specific day, such policies are punitive for no good reason. I am sure in your oh so important job there are some things with a little
Bit of wiggle room if you communicate properly. Students can learn to differentiate between these things just as well as you can.

It’s also stupid to compare school to the workplace because schools are bound by a mission to educate everyone. Most workplaces exist to make someone money. Not the same goals. [/quote]

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