Trudgery is not a word but it should be. Trudge is a verb meaning slow, laborious walking. Drudgery is noun meaning hard, menial work. I'm at the trudgery part of the Masters: doing slow laborious work that is often hard, mostly tedious...and occasionally satisfying.
Next deadline of March 15 is coming up -- first draft of project and paper due. There's even a chance I'll get there. Every once in a while though, my brain just stops working, like earlier today. Now I'm back at it. Such is my Saturday night. This reclusive life is getting to me.
Onwards!
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MA in edTech
This blog is is about the process of finishing my MA in Instructional Media and Technology (CCTE) @ TC, Columbia.
Leaving New York, my job, moving to the Bay Area, renovating our house -- perfect combination for a derailer. The challenge is keeping focused & moving forward when the familiar support structures have disappeared.
Leaving New York, my job, moving to the Bay Area, renovating our house -- perfect combination for a derailer. The challenge is keeping focused & moving forward when the familiar support structures have disappeared.
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3 comments:
Great addition to the vocabulary! All students feel like that toward the end. I'm feeling it now and am barely halfway through the semester.
Our own contributions to the language are irrationale (when I have a good reason for doing something stupid) and flustrated (flustered and frustrated).
Such a great word! In my dissertation at Oregon State University (Zinn, 2004): Learning • Teaching • Leading: A Patchwork of Stories from a Non-Traditional Life. I included "trudgery" in the terms I define, noting that I first coined it in 1994 (although certainly others must have used this natural blend earlier). Getting a doctorate while working fulltime was definitely trudgery which I define as literally and figuratively putting one foot in front of the other and keeping on going, one step at a time, one assignment at a time even when the work to be done seems overwhelming in the light of other life responsibilities.
Wilkins-O'Riley ~
thanks for your comment and sharing your story. Trudgery is indeed a wonderful word - glad to hear that I'm not the first one to use it! It captures the sentiment.
Completing any degree while living the rest of your life is a commitment - an everyday journey - of putting one foot in front of the other.
cheers.rani
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