Odds are good that you’re the type of person who likes everything to be very organized and in order. Is there a list maker present? Raise your hand if you’re a list maker. It’s okay, don’t be shy. I’m a list maker too. It’s how we deal with those lists that makes us different.
See, I’m trying to come to grips with this little “problem” that they (you know who I’m talking about) call “procrastination.” What follows will be a lengthy and at times unpleasant shpeal during which I go about trying to convince myself that this “problem” of mine is anything but. You may occasionally be offended. That’s ok. Just leave quietly without waking the hamster, please.
I already admitted to you that I always have a list. There was a subtle point brought up there in that last statement. I’ll repeat. I always have a list. It never goes away, it never will, and I intend for it to stay that way forever. I’ve tried to get rid of it before, but every time I get to the last item, another one pops up from behind the curtain with a little maniacal chuckle. “Ooooo! Put me on the list! I must go on the list!” You’re probably thinking, “hey, if you were smart, you would just ignore the little guys and not put them on the list” Don’t think that you can get an empty list by refusing to write the items down. They’re still there. You can’t will them out of existence. In fact, some items are so maliciously intent on being on your list that they’re there even before you’ve thought about them. Things like eating, breathing, sleeping, you get the point. Those things don’t (usually) go on my list, but they’d be there the second I ever thought that my list was empty.
So, long story short. What’s the point of doing things on the list if there’s always going to be a list? Instead, I fly by the seat of my pants, refusing to do things on the list until they’re staring me straight in the eye threatening to stuff me in a pez dispenser and offer me nonchalantly to some random passerby on the street.
What this all has to do with procrastination and why it's legal: I don't really know. But I feel better about it after letting it all out.
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My comment is that you're a really funny writer, Lisa. At the risk of being self-congratulatory ;-) I'll say that this is a great reason for having your students write (whether blogging or otherwise, and not just in English class!)...opportunities to discover things about them that might not otherwise surface.
You should think about how to bring this into your teaching...both your sense of humor and (what the heck!) the importance of writing as a tool for understanding in a science classroom. I'll bet that you come up with lots of ideas about how you mo do both of the above.
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