As a member of the Do-over generation, I am aware of the towering late rates and deflating mark issues regarding our schools system. I agree with the new policy that was recently implemented by the Toronto District School Board (this September).
Due to this new rule, teachers are allowed to deduct marks for late assignments or can give out a zero altogether. These changes will help students prepare for university and the working world by becoming accustomed with getting things done on time. For example, in university if you hand in a late assignment you may lose credits, which will delay your diploma. Even if the students do not like it now, they will be grateful they were trained while young.
To me, education is like a house, you have to build on a solid foundation and, if that foundation is not built properly, it can lead to bad working habits and make late work a tendency to happen. These new guidelines will discourage late assignments and teach students to be responsible for their schoolwork and actions.
This new policy will also help students with their time management skills. The new policy will force them to plan, start right away and do their best. If they neglect these due dates and do not stay on top of their work, they will fall behind and will have to put in extra effort to get back on track. However, if they choose to keep to a plan they can avoid last minute rushes and achieve higher marks.
One positive affect this will have on the learning population as a whole is, the students all get their fair mark. This will happen because the tardy work will be evaluated properly and have an extra mark deduction for the time it was late. This is good for all the students because previously there was no penalty for late work and students would take more time. They would then do better which was unfair to the people who planed their time out wisely and brought their work in on time. Now with the new policy there is no more; “I’ll hand it in next week.”
As many good products come from this new policy, there are also some cons that exist too. No matter the rule, there is always going to be a student not able to finish a project on time; may it be for a long weekend at the cottage or a hockey tournament, but they will need more time to complete the assignment. How will the teachers accommodate that? My point is that for each problem, there is a rule and for each rule comes another problem, so this policy is not perfect either.
This new policy will be a huge change for students in the school system, one-day late projects are accepted with no problem the next day will be penalties and mark deductions. This new policy will take the same time to get used to, as it took to be established.
In conclusion, I am completely behind this new policy for late mark deduction. If we get it into our systems now, once we are older being on time with work will be much easier. The bottom line is that life and school are very alike, they both have penalties and the sooner we understand this, the better.
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