Journal 2

Like most kids in high school I did not really care about editing my friends paper. I guess because my friend did not really care about editing my paper too. In secondary school it was just the "cool" thing to do. My later years in high school I actually started to put more effort towards editing and revising a classmates paper. I have actually started to think more and put more effort into the responding process. After reading Straub's piece I picked up a few tips and realized how important a well thought out revision process could be for a student's paper. I learned that for the best revisions it helps to get pass the happy mold that students create. Students including myself usually comment on how well written the paper is and how there are barely mistakes present in the piece. Straub says the best revisions are from people that get past the personal relationships and are more critical. In the next workshop I will definitely give both a well amount of supportive and constructive criticism. Overall, when responding to my peers I think the key is to have a balance. A person revising a piece has to give a good amount of feedback, but at the same time he or she cannot takeover the writers paper.