Comments on: You Wish Your Bed Was Already Made http://blog.cwillse.net/2008/06/09/you-wish-your-bed-was-already-made/ on the war between the pitiful teachers and the splendid kids Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:31:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: smalinky http://blog.cwillse.net/2008/06/09/you-wish-your-bed-was-already-made/comment-page-1/#comment-277 smalinky Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:54:53 +0000 http://blog.cwillse.net/?p=42#comment-277 I so can't work that way. I need like a six hour block set aside to get two hours of work done. The other four are spent: getting up to make coffee, drinking coffee, going to the bathroom because I drank so much coffee, pacing around, and taking care of some task that suddenly needs to be done immediately like pruning my plants. But figuring out how to be productive in short bursts seems like a good idea. In some ways, though I envy grad students who have the experience of plentiful funding requiring little service, the fact that CUNY makes us work for almost every dime turns out to be good prep for life after school, in terms of figuring out how to manage teaching duties while also getting things done. Or thinking about figuring it out at least. I so can’t work that way. I need like a six hour block set aside to get two hours of work done. The other four are spent: getting up to make coffee, drinking coffee, going to the bathroom because I drank so much coffee, pacing around, and taking care of some task that suddenly needs to be done immediately like pruning my plants. But figuring out how to be productive in short bursts seems like a good idea. In some ways, though I envy grad students who have the experience of plentiful funding requiring little service, the fact that CUNY makes us work for almost every dime turns out to be good prep for life after school, in terms of figuring out how to manage teaching duties while also getting things done. Or thinking about figuring it out at least.

]]> By: Emily http://blog.cwillse.net/2008/06/09/you-wish-your-bed-was-already-made/comment-page-1/#comment-276 Emily Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:25:18 +0000 http://blog.cwillse.net/?p=42#comment-276 My brother had a child, taught a three-course load plus supervising several Hampshire senior projects, and turned out a book. He says his secret is that you write in the ten or fifteen or twenty minute increments in your day rather than in big scheduled chunks. I suppose it depends on 'process.' Also, xoxo 'racism racism.' My brother had a child, taught a three-course load plus supervising several Hampshire senior projects, and turned out a book. He says his secret is that you write in the ten or fifteen or twenty minute increments in your day rather than in big scheduled chunks. I suppose it depends on ‘process.’

Also, xoxo ‘racism racism.’

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