I'd be kinda split on that - on the one hand, by accepting a late assignment, I wouldn't be training them effectively to be good cogs in the corporate machine. In other words, mumble mumble life skills mumble mumble. On the other hand, I don't think anybody should have to go through any of this, especially children -- school is clearly a form of child abuse in my eyes. If I were a teacher, I'd very much want to give all the children As no matter what they did to get the pressure off their backs, and also allow them 100% self-directed study. This is why I wouldn't be a teacher.