English 690: Writing Center Theory

I am pleased to have read the “Beat (Not) the (Poor) Clock” chapter in The Everyday Writing Center. My practice, when I have been in a position to choose, has been to make time for the things I value by limiting the accumulation of responsibilities that would take time away from the things I value. This, it probably goes without saying, is not one of the times of my life where I have much room to choose. The worst part about having too many responsibilities, I think, is things that I would under different circumstances count as enjoyable are transformed as if by alchemy into things that I have to do: I have to teach, I have to go to school, and I have to meet the needs of my family. There are parts of directing a writing center that interest me, but this is another part of the job that concerns me. I think that I might like to direct a writing center, and I know that I like to teach. I am afraid that trying to do both would turn both into things I have to do.