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 Do-over generation

 My opinion on the Do-Over generation.                                                                            August 28,2010
          In this essay I will give my opinion on the Do-over generation.
     Many years have gone by while students still hand in work late and don't get penalized. "The do over generation, raised to believe they can do anything but never have to do it on time." After two years the teachers, school boards, and parents had to do something about it. They created a new policy that stated that kids in grades one through twelve have made their teachers realize that they have been getting away with handing work in late for too long now.
 
     In my opinion I think that I have to agree with the teachers, school boards and parents. Even though I would love to hand in assignments late it just wouldn't make sense. Image when you are in you thirty and you have a wife with kids. Your kids are late for school, your wife is late for work and so are you. Your boss arrives just before the store opens at 6:00 P.m.  If the do over generation stayed that way the entire earth would become late.

    Handing in work late creates laziness and with this rule you wont want to be lazy. In the text it says that high school students who missed 20 per cent of class lost a credit. "For the first time, students who miss 20 per cent of class time will now lose a credit." To graduate high school you need 30 credits. If you loose a credit then you will have to spend some of your summer going to summer school to regain that credit but if you miss 20 per cent of class in more than one class you are going to spend a lot of time in summer school. Now think about that would you rather be lazy, hand in your work late and go to summer school or hand in all your work in on time, not be lazy and not go to summer school. The choice is yours.

    In the text it says that last year they surveyed teachers asking them about their class and the absenteeism and late assignments. Of the 562 teachers that responded 62 per cent stated that they experienced absenteeism and 84 per cent experienced late assignments handed in. "Of the 562 who responded, 62 per cent the rule had resulted in a higher level of absenteeism and 84 per cent said they had experienced an increase in late assignments."

    In conclusion I think that the teachers, school boards and parents made a good decision in penalizing students for late work and being late for class. Even though I would love to never have deadlines there is a consequence for everything.