Whose side are you on? [assignment edition - mod edit]

rajncajn said

Just in the context of this class, I agree, nothing else matters. But I'm not talking about just in the context of this class. I'm talking about his attitude towards the situation and how that attitude will serve him in the future.

And the question wasn't does he get the grade. It was who do you side with. Those are separate questions that have differing, more nuanced answers. My answer to " does he get the grade" is absolutely he does

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This "attitude" you're talking about is really a poor assumption. If anything, he's being efficient with his time, which is something that would actually help him down the road. What he did here was actually seek clarification of expectations, then acted accordingly. That's a good trait.

I never once had a teacher get on my case about skipping a homework assignment if it was optional. No hard feelings and it never caused any issue with work for me in my 30 years in the workforce.