I feel like one of those martial arts people, focusing for hours on end on the tip of my finger.
Why? because I have been marking for the past few days. It is like nothing else matters at all, just marking. My latest stint was 6 hours straight. I did have a break half way through, but it was still a long slog.
Tomorrow will be the same, another 6 hours.
I think I will take a break then and the next day will take some time to prepare myself for the next semester. There is plenty to do if I am honest, not least because my line manager has held me up with pontificating about what I should be doing. I do not see why they should be telling me what to do as I am teaching the same course as before, but that is just their way; they like to feel useful – or should that be useless?
