Your teenage kid's teacher has an interesting policy: all requests for extensions on homework assignments, excuses for being late to class, change of grades, any kind of exception at all must be submitted in writing. The teacher believes that putting ideas into writing is an important life skill. It teaches the kids to organize their thoughts and present effective arguments for what they want. It also helps the process of being fair about making exceptions and allows the teacher to make considered decisions rather that on-the-spot rulings at the time of request. Requests must be typed in memo format, printed, and signed. They must be free of spelling and grammatical errors. The teacher makes a memo format available on a web site and all students have ample access to computers to type their memos.

What do you as a parent think of this policy?