From being sent to private schools when I was younger, the notion that public schools can't give you a zero for not handing in work still boggles my mind.
They legally can't though. You could have turned in your assignments at the end of term and they have to take them. It's like that for all the friends I talked to. Hell, one of my friends teachers in high school actually let them redo assignments in public school for a higher mark.
I think you're getting some wrong information there. Some, SOME, teachers will allow you to turn in late assignments for a decreased grade, but it has zero to do with the law.
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