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Week 17 - One big project

One change each week. This week: Do one big project.

I recently talked about the fact that I've started doing work in one-hour batches - Week 12 - One hour projects. The one-hour project technique has been working well, even though I have to admit that I have not totally moved to that method. It's a work in progress, and I'm making progress.

This week is an example of the need to make a major (and temporary) shift.

The reason is simple. I have one huge project that I want to finish in one week. After that week is over, I'm going on a two-week road trip. There is no way that I want that project - or any part of it - waiting for me when I get back.

One of my occupations is that I am a part-time law teacher. I teach Contracts to first-year law students at Willamette University. They took their final examination last Friday. All 75 of them.

Grading final exams is the perfect candidate for spending full time working on a single project. One of the important goals in grading is to be consistent. I always worry that if I spread out the grading project over a few weeks, then there is a far greater likelihood of being inconsistent.

So, the plan is to work solely on grading exams for one week. (I say "solely," knowing that it is inevitable that there will be a few "must do" things that will pop up.) Wish me well. Wish my students well.

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Ross Runkel, Post Office Box 1031, Salem, Oregon 97308-1031.
Phone 503-399-8028.  Fax 503-566-8844.  email Ross@LawMemo.Com