We didn’t have any classes this week. My program calls it Flexible Learning Week, others call it Reading Week. No classes, no deadlines, just a week for us to catch up on reading and assignments and coursework. On this side of it, all I can say is we tried. We really did give it a go and some of us were somewhat productive, but overall it was, well, let’s say the emphasis was on “flexible” rather than “learning” this week. I don’t know what happened, but everyone I talked to said the same thing: the harder we try to work the less work happens.
Lemme just give you a snapshot of one of my days this week: