Originally Posted by spaghetti
In our 6th grade, it was sort of like boot camp. Zero tolerance for handing in papers late (even 20 seconds late when you find it in your binder and the teacher has passed by-- too late == zero). The good thing is that middle school grades don't count so it's OK for your dd to experience stress and failure.
Such a rigid homework policy is dumb. And middle school grades do matter, because they affect placement in future years and because they influence a student's self-concept. There are probably bright but disorganized children, especially boys, who are convinced that they are bad at school.