Comments on: Heigh-Ho http://www.inkmuse.com/blog/etc/2005/01/12/heigh-ho.php Sun, 16 Jan 2011 16:53:31 +0000 hourly 1 By: Lorianne http://www.inkmuse.com/blog/etc/2005/01/12/heigh-ho.php/comment-page-1#comment-239 Lorianne Wed, 12 Jan 2005 18:34:51 +0000 http://www.inkmuse.com/blog/?p=148#comment-239 Since Jean brought my name up, I might as well comment, too... :-) As someone who teaches both face-to-face and online classes, I agree that free-form scheduling is better for most folks...*if* they have the self-discipline to work without supervision! My traditional-aged F2F students typically need set deadlines, attendance policies, etc...but my older online students are good at squeezing a given task into the "gaps" of free time they have between work, family, etc. (A lot of them, for instance, do their school work in the wee hours when children & spouses are asleep!) In other words, I think the standard workweek reflects a belief that workers need to be "supervised" in order to be productive. It takes an exemplary boss (or a certain kind of work?) to allow a person to work according to their own rhythms and productivities. Since Jean brought my name up, I might as well comment, too… :-) As someone who teaches both face-to-face and online classes, I agree that free-form scheduling is better for most folks…*if* they have the self-discipline to work without supervision! My traditional-aged F2F students typically need set deadlines, attendance policies, etc…but my older online students are good at squeezing a given task into the “gaps” of free time they have between work, family, etc. (A lot of them, for instance, do their school work in the wee hours when children & spouses are asleep!)

In other words, I think the standard workweek reflects a belief that workers need to be “supervised” in order to be productive. It takes an exemplary boss (or a certain kind of work?) to allow a person to work according to their own rhythms and productivities.

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