So next week Friday I have to submit my first “Starred Paper” to the philosophy department. Before I finish my pre-dissertation requirements, I will have to submit one more. The philosophy department uses these papers to see who, among the grad students in the program, is capable of doing PhD-dissertation-quality work. Historically, people who have done poorly on these papers have had their funding levels reduced in the following semesters. The pressure is on.
Anyway, I have to get back to work. I can’t get back to polishing my Starred Paper till I’ve finished grading the stack of Introduction to Ethics exams I have beside me–all 200 of them.
My sympathies. “I do not envy you the headache you will have when you awake” (obscure Princess Bride quote for you). Well, John’s always around for a ‘break’. 🙂
Not so obscure, I know exactly what scene that quote is from and I am not one of the people that have Princess Bride memorized.