Assignment 7: A Conceptual Analysis

At the begging of the semester you defined our class syllabus as a contract between us and you. Both parties, by participating in the class agree to this contract in whole. As we discussed, the reason I’m not receiving any credit for assignment 7 is because you specifically state so in the syllabus that a student will not receive credit if both a physical and digital copy of the assignment are not submitted. However, a student not receiving credit for said assignment is only mentioned in one instance, “a student who is not in class will not receive credit if a friend submits their work for them.” No other place in the syllabus nor in blackboard is no credit mentioned. In regards to late homework the syllabus specifically states “Late submissions will not be accepted,” which doesn’t imply a no-credit but rather
Moreover, by editing and grading the work you’ve further displayed your acceptance of the assignment in its entirety as a valid submission within the parameters provided. If you wish to enforce this rule, you would have to check every assignment submitted in person online before accepting the physical copy. Once the physical copy is accepted, the turn-it-in acceptance rule is then null and void. The very definition which you provide for assignment submission is as follows; “Assignments must be typed, double spaced, and submitted as a paper copy at the beginning of the class. Further guidelines for each assignment are available in BlackBoard Learn.” Turn-it-in is only mentioned once in the entire syllabus and the language of its relevance is ambiguous at best. If you doubt the originality of my work, that’s a different discussion. I’ve uploaded the assignment to blackboard as of now to show its