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"Progress"
Feb. 19th, 2019 06:30 pm1. Drank a lot of coffee today in anticipation of Gettn Stuff Done
2. Ran into the page for which I currently lack a great deal of necessary reference
Yeah, that was really well-thought-out there, self. Well done.
I'll just move on to the next page, for which I have adequate reference, and take a Bikeventure tomorrow to get proxy reference for one thing in case the email I sent requesting actual reference bears no fruit (which is entirely likely). Really it's not that big of a roadblock, just a rather jarring speedbump!
I am finding, with this project, surprising ways in which the Late Capitalist model of primary/secondary education has wired my brain in unhelpful ways. The biggest one is the whole notion of closed-book testing – I am finding, as I'm thumbnailing and drawing pages, that I default to trying to do them without referring to the compendious amount of reference I've compiled, which is utter bollocks and completely unnecessary. But how will I know I've learned what I've been studying unless my powers of recollection can be tested, in isolation? Open the damn book, Tealin.
This paralysis – albeit momentary – at not being able to do things in their proper order is another one. You can't just skip around the curriculum! You have to have continuity! No you don't. You've done the thumbnails. You know what's coming and what's gone before. You don't have to do ANYTHING in order. (Of course, doing it in order is more fun, on account of narrative immersion, but when it's just a montage of tableaux, who cares?)
12:28 AM
O HAY guess who isn't remotely tired? Go on, you never will!
2. Ran into the page for which I currently lack a great deal of necessary reference
Yeah, that was really well-thought-out there, self. Well done.
I'll just move on to the next page, for which I have adequate reference, and take a Bikeventure tomorrow to get proxy reference for one thing in case the email I sent requesting actual reference bears no fruit (which is entirely likely). Really it's not that big of a roadblock, just a rather jarring speedbump!
I am finding, with this project, surprising ways in which the Late Capitalist model of primary/secondary education has wired my brain in unhelpful ways. The biggest one is the whole notion of closed-book testing – I am finding, as I'm thumbnailing and drawing pages, that I default to trying to do them without referring to the compendious amount of reference I've compiled, which is utter bollocks and completely unnecessary. But how will I know I've learned what I've been studying unless my powers of recollection can be tested, in isolation? Open the damn book, Tealin.
This paralysis – albeit momentary – at not being able to do things in their proper order is another one. You can't just skip around the curriculum! You have to have continuity! No you don't. You've done the thumbnails. You know what's coming and what's gone before. You don't have to do ANYTHING in order. (Of course, doing it in order is more fun, on account of narrative immersion, but when it's just a montage of tableaux, who cares?)
12:28 AM
O HAY guess who isn't remotely tired? Go on, you never will!
