Ok...

Ok...


I tried to plow through new work from students and offer meaningful comments...

It's not working...

My mind is not working tonight...

Decided to 'take a break' and write something meaningful on this blog tonight...

A conference reflection... a post for students to read for tomorrow...


It's not working... I give up...

I'll give it another shot tomorrow...

Watch a movie... have some tea... let the mind go...


Get some extra, and much needed, sleep.


Yah... I can follow my own advice too.

Ok... this is actually turning out to be something meaningful. ; )

Exploring effort and self-motiviation

Here are a few quotes from a post by Seth Godin called Self Directed Effort is the Best Kind that speaks volumes about the trials of education.

"There's an entire system organized around the idea that we're too weak to deliver effort without external rewards and punishment. If you only grow on demand, you're selling yourself short. If you're only as good as your current boss/trainer/sergeant, you've given over the most important thing you have to someone else."

and...

"The thing I care the most about: what do you do when no one is looking, what do you make when it's not an immediate part of your job... how many push ups do you do, just because you can?"

What makes you tick?

What's holding you back?