tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post1765352794358519840..comments2024-03-10T23:01:51.493-05:00Comments on Stupid Motivational Tricks / Bemsha Swing: The Flow TrapJonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-17265858824622697222014-03-05T16:13:12.817-06:002014-03-05T16:13:12.817-06:00... and I see something I think I saw a couple of ...... and I see something I think I saw a couple of years ago: all the standard problems people have about writing, all the advice I wonder why is needed, fit(s) me perfectly if I apply it to teaching.<br /><br />FLOW. I think I need flow to figure out what to do for class. <br /><br />ANXIETY. I fear teaching and I procrastinate about it. Exactly the way people talk about this re writing.<br /><brAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-20856841042027140912014-03-03T20:49:24.429-06:002014-03-03T20:49:24.429-06:00We had to write so much in college that I never go...We had to write so much in college that I never got the chance to worry about flow. Some papers were easier, others harder, better, worse, but they had deadlines and had to meet certain minimum standards, so they got in. I think this familiarity with writing a lot got me into trouble later: I did not understand all the writing advice we were getting, why we were getting it, what was wrong with Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com