http://loveofhistory.com/how-to-survive-the-first-week-of-term/ A historical perspective of current events Sun, 04 Feb 2018 14:54:59 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38 http://loveofhistory.com/how-to-survive-the-first-week-of-term/#comment-155 Sun, 24 Jan 2010 21:06:13 +0000 http://constantinakatsari.wordpress.com/?p=130#comment-155 I propose one more vital preserver of sanity, which will make it possible to do as you propose and give teaching priority over administration. We all have to fill in too many forms and reports these days. Most of them will be filed and forgotten. So whenever a document will not affect the welfare, progress or academic record of a student, spend very little time on it. In extremis, make up whatever will satisfy the bureaucracy. It won’t matter. This is simply a sane response to a mad world, if I may borrow R. D. Laing’s description of schizophrenia (which I am aware is no laughing matter).

]]> http://loveofhistory.com/how-to-survive-the-first-week-of-term/#comment-154 Sun, 24 Jan 2010 14:39:56 +0000 http://constantinakatsari.wordpress.com/?p=130#comment-154 One of the hardest things to do is establish a regular routine, because there are always ten more things that we should be doing. The routine is important, because only then do the regular meals and exercise become a reality. Since each semester’s schedule is different for me, establishing that routine takes effort. When I don’t do it, the semester becomes much more stressful and unhealthy for me.

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