Most commonly, people pointed out how ridiculous it would be for a professor to apply this line of thinking to any classroom scenario.
“‘You have 60 minutes to write this test.’
Hands in test in 59 minutes.
‘You have to understand, that’s a last-minute effort, so I’m going to deduct points for being too late,'” user u/beathelas posed hypothetically.
Source: https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexalisitza/reddit-student-assignment-marked-late