Working from Home
One of the things we lose in a distance education course is a sense of "going to work." It's really easy to fall into a pattern of doing all your schoolwork in bed, wearing a bathrobe, and balancing a cup of coffee. I've done it myself. It's a poor idea. Your emotional health You really need a sense of separation between your work life and your home life. When we had classes three times a week and you could do your writing in the library or a computer lab, you could go back to your own room and be sort of done for the day, but when your office is your bed, you are always in your office. More to the point, if your office is your bed, you never have a sense of going TO work. Schoolwork becomes one of those annoying tasks like cleaning the bathroom or hanging up your shirts. You lose the "I am a student" identity. Your scholastic health During this whole Corona virus thing (beginning about March 10) I had to work ...