The textbook vendors are ramping it up. I ordered an examination copy of something a few years ago, decided I did not like it, sold it to a peddler once when I was short of cash, decided I would like another after all, applied, and was turned down. On the other hand, the unsolicited examination copy of another textbook I received today came with 12 ounces of allegedly gourmet Costa Rican coffee beans, grown on a volcano.
This is the first day of school. Today so far I:
7:00 Got ready, drank coffee, checked e-mail, Facebook and blogs.
8:00 Prepared classes.
10:30 Commuted.
10:45 Touched base at office, printed out materials.
11:00 Taught.
12:15 Consultations.
1:00 Lunch, having worked for 4.75 hours so far, all on teaching (8-10:30, 10:45-1:00).
1:30 Prepared class.
2:00 Taught.
3:15 Consultation.
4:15 Took a walk.
4:30 Taught.
5:45 Consultation.
6:00 Wrote this post.
6:15 Paperwork, 30 minutes for teaching and 30 minutes for service.
7:15 Commuted, having worked 4.75 hours this afternoon, all on teaching (1:30-4:15, 4:30-6:00, 6:15-6:45).
Total work time so far today is 9.5 efficient hours on teaching and 0.5 such hours on service. Now I must do at least .05 hours of research. Tomorrow I am working on the house, so I will work much less.
If I only do 0.5 hours of research I will have worked a total of 10.5 hours. This in minutes gives 570 minutes on teaching, 30 minutes on service and 30 minutes on research. In percentages it is 90% teaching and 5% each research and service.
Really I am supposed to spend twice as much time on service and six times as much on research, and only two-thirds of the time I spent on teaching today, teaching. I have a lot more teaching work coming up, too, so it appears I must work the 60 hours to have some research time.
Things could be worse.
Axé.
coldhearted scientist وداد 