tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109150351375891279.post452026854701672235..comments2023-05-26T13:58:00.927-07:00Comments on Mathie x Pensive: Year of HellGregory Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06547180132612659893noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109150351375891279.post-86909341001944286502014-07-19T10:15:08.457-07:002014-07-19T10:15:08.457-07:00Yes and no. I'm pushing back here: I CAN DO IT...Yes and no. I'm pushing back here: I CAN DO IT. I can usually peg a level similarly to my colleagues. There's only occasional resistance from students. I got through all my grading in June. What I lack is confidence and any form of joy through the act because it takes so long.<br />Besides, if I couldn't do it at all, I feel I'd be more open to possibilities. If anything, it's the fact that I can do it this one way that's killing me, because it makes me worry about alternatives where I won't reach the goal at all. Eventually I'll get through this wall by beating my head against it; I'm not sure I won't drop the sledgehammer on my foot and thus be unable to work at all, because I have no sledgehammer experience. ...That metaphor got weird.<br />So I CAN'T do it efficiently or effectively. I need to find an alternative that works for me. I'm not sure anyone can simply tell me that... but yeah. I should be more open, somehow.Gregory Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06547180132612659893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109150351375891279.post-40369184342643622502014-07-17T08:12:55.535-07:002014-07-17T08:12:55.535-07:00I think I've commented on most of your grading...I think I've commented on most of your grading posts. <br /><br />"Can I do it? YES. Is it killing me? HELL YES."<br /><br />Clearly, you are incorrect on that first question. You can't do it. This is manifestly clear. You appear committed to a path that isn't working, and ignoring all the people who tell you to change the path.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com