>Some examples: Accept late work with 30 points off for each
>day late
>
>Dropping the lowest assignment grade
>
>3 allowed absences for whatever reason. After that, points
>taken off for non excused reasons

Good stuff. Thanks.

The other one I think I desperately need is a hard, fast absolute drop-dead date for late work. The part of this that I know I screwed up is being willing to accept work so close to when the actual grades are due - so if he were worried about his stuff finding me, we'd have had an opportunity to work it out.