Editing Eng 101 drafts wasn’t as
easy as I thought it would be. To me it was very time consuming because I
actually used the entire class period to carefully revise the papers. As
horrible as it may sound, I thought the essays were going to be a disaster. I
was once an Eng 101 student so I know how hard it is to write a college essay
format paper for the first time. I went through a lot of C’s and spent a lot of
time in the English department to get where I am right now. To my surprise they
weren’t bad at all, they were actually quite good and enjoyable to read. Overall,
the two drafts had lots of good information. Although they were assigned the
same topic, both papers were very unique.
The first essay talked about leading terms to a successful romantic
relationship and the second one described how technology and social networking
websites have been very influential in developing all types of relationships.
Both papers had minor grammar errors, run-on sentences, and lacked proper
quotation. I was skeptical at first because I did not want to give them the
wrong feedback or to sound rude. I tried my best to give them as much
information I could. I gave quoting examples; I told them to proofread their
papers, and I gave them positive feedback as well as constructive criticism. I
sincerely think that I’m not qualified to peer edit anyone’s paper because
sometimes I still struggle with mines, but I hope that with what I learned from
prior Eng classes, I was able to help these students strive for a successful
paper.
Peer editing made me overlook
my research paper more in depth. I keep proof reading it over and over to see
what I could fix and if my argument supports my thesis. According to Professor
McCormick, I have lots of good information but I need to clarify my position,
so I’ll be definitely working on improving this issue. I’ve been dedicating a lot of time on
my paper and I’ll continue to do so because it’s yet to be done. I’ll have all
my body paragraphs developed by the end of this month and I’ll keep revising it
till the day it’s due. I’m giving this research paper my all and I hope that my
hard work pays off at the end of the semester.
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