Since so many teachers approach holocaust literature in the classroom, there has to be a way to address those memoirs with a certain amount of respect while still allowing the students to have the opportunity to see what is functioning behind them.
This is the working concept for my paper. I'm really no further than I was yesterday, but I learned that at least one of the articles I found is going to be useful (YAY!) and one of the books I have (Writing and Rewriting the Holocaust) is proving to be invaluable.
So the rest of my night, now that I'm finished picking up and putting things away, will revolve around grading and reading those articles so I can hopefully start writing some time this week.
I'm excited about grading these papers, because it's a project I love giving the freshmen. Since we read The Miracle Worker, a play about Annie Sullivan and Helen Keller, I think it's necessary for the students to experience what teachers experience. Their job? To teach someone something. The papers are as diverse as the students in my classes, but I was more impressed that several of them indicated that this was not the best experience of their lives. People don't listen. They are hard to teach.
And sometimes, it's easier to do things yourself.
Anyone relate?
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