As a student, I do the tasks the instructor assigns and meet the deadlines for those assignments. I like to get As so I put forth my best effort. I know without the deadlines I would re-write, tinker, and tweak for a long time and perhaps never finish the task. Just ask my children about their photo albums. Or my husband about the boxes of teaching materials I have been meaning to clean out. I student taught a long time ago; I still have some worksheets on ditto paper.
As a teacher, I know my students need deadlines and that they work right up until the deadline. I do not really mind unless the work is incredibly sloppy. (Then I am annoyed and grade the paper with as little effort as the student gave it when writing it. ) I also know my students need grades to motivate them to work hard. I am pragmatic; I understand how the system works.
But sometimes I wish I could just do the task for the sake of learning - to not be pressured by deadlines and grades. That seems like a luxury. I would like to tweak my webpage more, but I know I must finish it tonight. No more time for playing...
I think I am going to keep this blog going. I am wondering how often I will write on it after the deadline and grade pressure is gone. I like having some place to write my thoughts; typing on a computer is easier than handwriting like I used to do. Posting on a blog is an easy to review all my writings. I can understand why people are attactive to a blog journal.
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I'm glad you counted how many blogs we needed to have and then talked about it in or after class last night. I wouldn't have thought of that. I was afraid I was behind in the number of blogs I needed. However, upon checking today, I see that I have written 32! So I'm actually over. I think I'll blog about that.
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