I love this Leanne! In a year 11 classroom the other day I got asked why they have to write an essay under pressure and to a deadline. I told them almost exactly what you’ve written here - with extra time their work wouldn’t be any better, they’d just start later and ultimately do the same work in the same time. But without all the “extra” (which is usually unnecessary).
I feel this in my bones, I’m exactly the same! And I also will never change. I’m often asked how I do so much and it’s because I cram it all in to insufficient time, and scramble to deliver it all
Scrambling is the perfect word, Liz! Thank goodness I'm not the only one... but it really is the "secret" (?) to how I get things done. Pressure cooker!
Yes I have often told someone if we don’t agree a deadline for something then I might never get round to it!! Very much relate to this. Someone asked me the other day if I’m “consequence driven” and I realised I am - I’ll never miss a bus, a train or hard stop for an important meeting, but most things where there’s not an immediate consequence, I’ll be late! I’d love to rewire my brain on that
I love this Leanne! In a year 11 classroom the other day I got asked why they have to write an essay under pressure and to a deadline. I told them almost exactly what you’ve written here - with extra time their work wouldn’t be any better, they’d just start later and ultimately do the same work in the same time. But without all the “extra” (which is usually unnecessary).
Yes! Brilliant that you're teaching this, when I was in high school I always assumed more time = better... but not the case!
I feel this in my bones, I’m exactly the same! And I also will never change. I’m often asked how I do so much and it’s because I cram it all in to insufficient time, and scramble to deliver it all
Scrambling is the perfect word, Liz! Thank goodness I'm not the only one... but it really is the "secret" (?) to how I get things done. Pressure cooker!
Definitely our ‘strategy’ as we do it to ourselves, and bloody effective. More time doesn’t mean perfection, and it can ironically mean less output!
Hahahah high fives!!!
Yes I have often told someone if we don’t agree a deadline for something then I might never get round to it!! Very much relate to this. Someone asked me the other day if I’m “consequence driven” and I realised I am - I’ll never miss a bus, a train or hard stop for an important meeting, but most things where there’s not an immediate consequence, I’ll be late! I’d love to rewire my brain on that