Journal 2

Before reading Straub's essay, I thought of revising a peer's paper as annoying and unnecessary. I thought that my input wouldn't really help their paper. All I would do was correct a few punctuation marks and misspelled words. After reading Straub's essay, I've realized that students can really help each other improve their work by being honest and making suggestions without being too harsh. Straub also discussed not sounding too much like a teacher, which I think is really important because you don't want to be condescending to someone who is on your level. Instead of just writing "add more details", now I realize I need to write specifically where I was looking for more details. Asking the writer questions about what it looked like or how they felt during what they are describing can help create more visuals for the reader, and result in a better paper. I've learned that it is okay to go more in depth about what I liked and then offer some criticism.