Echoes in Eternity

The teachers in Dallas have come up with a BRILLIANT new plan: don't penalize students for late or poorly done homework!

[T]he new rules require teachers to accept late work and prevent them from penalizing students for missed deadlines. Homework grades that would drag down a student's overall average will be thrown out.

This is genius, why didn't we think of that before? After all, the real world operates just like that: you can turn your work in late and everything is hunky dory.