Tuesday, February 5, 2008

Peer Workshop

I think that peer review went well. I enjoyed my fellow workshoppers. However, I don't think that I ever benfit much from the workshops. Most of the time my classmates tell me information that i already know because it's apparent. Most of my first drafts are rushed and shouldn't be considered the best i can do. All I get told is what i already know, like that I need to add more details and text and develop a stronger thesis. I beleive that my classmates feel the same way about this even though it's still good to get a different person to read your work. I think that the best benefit that i get is when i go to the writers studio. I think peer workshop should be changed to go to writer's workshop day. We are mostly freshmen non- english majors, so we can't really give each other many good tips to improve each other grades drastically. But like i mention earlier, I think that we can get a lot more accomplished if we had people with more experience then us to go over our paper.

2 comments:

BQuiroz said...

Agreed. Having a group of people of the same level of proficiency in linguistics can only get you so far. There is an obvious "ceiling" that prevents or blocks further growth.

Anonymous said...

I agree with what you said about th peer reviews. I think that most people rush through their first drafts just to get it done and once you're in peer review they tell you what you already know you gave to do. Though sometimes the advice can be helpful!