thanks all. I like the post it note idea - will implement now! I have divided them up into questions. I don't HAVE tohave them dony by weds, but I save in travel money if I can get them to the moderator then rather than having to go up again.

Thanks Kamoy - that is helpful. its annoying because I know my colleagues who have more contact with students look up their ID numbers and make sure they mark the one that is most likely to get a good mark first and the poorest student so they can compare - I can't do that :-s

But they have also told me I shouldn't compare one essay to another - I fail to see how that is possible and I know they do it themselves.

I posted this on the one goal thread but need answers now! ,-)

I haven't done any marking in a year and have just been given 40 essays to mark by wednesday. How do you tend to go about it?

Read a selection through first?

Pick out the best and worst and compare?

Or just go for it and mark the first one you read??

Woop woop I've finished analysing!!!! This has taken me SOOO long. I still have to clean all the data, but I'm not going to let that ruin my little party (gift)(gift)(snowman)(mince)

So I still have left to do: Start marking, clean data.

I haven't done any marking in a year! - any tips on where to start?? Do you read a few first??? Do you try and find the best and the worst and then mark from there? (they're essays)

just spent last 20 mins trawling amazon :$ BACK TO WORK - must get last analysis done before lunch!

2/3 analyses done! :-)

Well done Algae!

I've discovered I have 3 analyses to do, but not the transcription. I've done 1, so 2 to go!!

Hi All, I've kind of been ignoring this thread for a few days, but I have been doing work! I've very nearly got my analysis DONE!!!
I have SO much to do this week. So for today

Goal 1: finish my 2 analyses (includes one that has to be transcribed - that must have slipped through the net!)

I don't want to put any more goals up now, because I don't want to feel disappointed if I don't reach them.

Good luck everyone!

have you double spaced it? Try doing single line spacing in your footnotes??

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7zoqluKRuc

I think men just don't see the importance of their little comments sometimes. I'm afraid he might just need some training i.e. just because he doesn't see what he's done wrong, does not mean he gets out of buying you chocolates to say sorry!

I also think maybe this is because you live apart and you (presumably are over 25) have got used to living independently. My friends who live by themsleves really struggle to compromise on things - they are stuck in their ways to a certain extent and find my compromising with hubs, really wierd! So maybe its a little stubbornness on your part and a little idiocy on his part. But 'at the end of the day' a relationship should be fun and if its not maybe its time to have a talk/end it.

in terms of my hair - I think if i really wanted to cut it i would, but it a) serves as my security blanket to hide my face in stressful situations b) I feel too fat to go short! and c) I like my hubs to find me as attractive as possible and therefore would keep my hair long, so I felt good if that makes sense. And yes i do request things of him e.g. not shaving his head, basic hygeine and he has to play just dance with me 4 times a week ;-)

hmm maybe I could get a job on the postgradforum - I surely spend enough time on here to be paid!

well in terms of the acting like a spoilt child - that's just men. The birthday thing is a harsh, but maybe he thought that all your friends would be there for you. - I would suggest buying 'just dance' for wii though! You could definitely do that together without anyone watching!

men are also funny about hair. My hubs will not, under any circumstances, let me cut my hair shorter than my shoulders - that's just him. I've noticed that men usually go for the same colour hair ladies as their mothers (I know - so freudian!) so he probably has a 'type' and therefore doesn't want you to change.

Its difficult to work out whether he's worth it. My hubby did things like this, and all my friends went mental - but partly it was them being annoyed I was spending my time with him rather than them.

Overall I think communication is the key. if you feel you can talk to him in the most honest way ever and he will listen, then its worth it. If he doesn't open up, doesn't want to talk, then there may be problems.

nice hats people!

some specifics would be good - in what way do you disagree with him? and give us an incident where he 'mistreated' you.

Its difficult for me to say. My hubby used to get in fowl moods and huge tempers, until I put my foot down, said 'you're behaving like a spoilt brat and I won't have it' and he's stopped doing it since! I think (sits on her pop psychology armchair) there is that forming, storming and norming element of relationships, its just whether you want to get over the storming bit or not.

I think I can get this - PM me with your email