Pedagogical Weight
You ever say to yourself, "self you should sleep in tomorrow because you need a rest"? And then of course self says funny joke human, and wakes you up at 4:30am. This is what happened to me today, but has happened a lot throughout my life both when I was a student and in the different roles I have had at different institutions. And of course my brain then starts to run through the to do list as soon as my eyes open, and it makes it really difficult to stay in bed. Because October is definitely the time when a lot of things are due, and a lot of things are to be done, regardless of if you are a student, a member of the teaching team, or staff. There is pressure to get things done. The nature of academic time means midterms are around the corner, there's grading to do, there are sessions to run, classes to teach. So today's blog is about that weight; that weight that appears when you try to rest and you have a large to do list, that weight of expectations that are so ...