Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Bury My Heart Under This Pile of Papers


I'm grading research paper rough drafts this week, so my blogs will most likely be short and sweet. Each year I'm convinced I can get through them quickly and efficiently, but each year I am inundated with notecards, outlines, VERY rough drafts, and a slight headache right between the eyes.

I am learning, however, some interesting things about Ibsen's Nora Helmer and her quest for independence; Hermann Hesse's fascination with Eastern religion in the writing of Siddhartha; Fate as a driving force in Oedipus Rex; and why both Camus' Meursault and Dostoevsky's Raskolnikov create their OWN alienation. :)

It's an important time, though, when students begin to think of themselves as scholars, and that needs to be nurtured. So off to the great pile of scholarship I go!

2 comments:

Erica Ridley said...

Hi Julia! Sounds extremely busy and a bit chaotic. Best of luck grading and nurturing! *g

Julia Buckley said...

Thanks, Erica!

We also had Honors Night at school tonight, so papers graded: 2

:)