TIME CRUNCH. Highered Intelligence suggests that there is just as much time to correct writing assignments today as there used to be. Perhaps. There are, however, new on-the-job time dissipators including but not limited to coaching (try scheduling any kind of teacher training workshop during football or basketball season), keeping your certification current (cartel problems notwithstanding), filling in forms, and incorporating all the other fluff that has gone into the curriculum to the exclusion of the basics.