by WiZ » Thu May 09, 2019 4:08 am
Is he putting it aside in order to make reading the bad papers easier? yes! In order to ease the negative feelings caused by reading the bad papers? yes In order to get less negative feelings from reading the bad papers, because he know he has something good to look forward to? yes
Close enough, I think.
***** SPOILER *****
He was marking creative writing essays from an English class. With one exception, the students always turned in poor-quality work that was draining to read through. He recognised the work of his one good student, and immediately moved it to the middle of the pile, knowing the energy he would gain from reading the paper would be just enough to get him through the rest of the pile.
Congratulations, GalFisk, on the solution, and thank you everyone for playing!