On Thursday we went through "peer review". This was something I have never done before and believe me, it did not sound very appealing. What happened was I gave my personal paper to a stranger to read and review. Although this sounds frightening, it really is not that bad, but actually rather helpful. Firstly, it helps diminish the pressure of handing it into the teacher, who is a partial stranger as well. Secondly, it helps to release the pressure of having to review it solo while also bringing in a new perspective. And so, even though this seemed rather frightening it turned out to be a good experience. It gave time to talk about your writing while listening to thoughts about it from a new point of view. It also helped me to know if the reader understood the point I was trying to portray. So I am glad we took time out of class to do this because I as well as being reviewed, I was able to review someone else and see what they were doing. This helped bring more ideas to my paper and see how they excelled.
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