Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Peer review.

Okay, peer review.  I'll be honest, I don't think I've done peer review since high school.  I really don't get my papers reviewed.  Heck, most of the time I don't write drafts, I just write it, edit grammar and spelling, and that's that.  Never been to the writing center, and I don't plan to.  But, we did it here, and I saw how it can be useful.  It's really hard to review a first draft, because most people are sort of just letting their brain flow, and its not meant for anyone but them, more of a really in depth outline than anything.  So when I was reviewing the other student's paper, i just kind of ignored that kind of thing.  I told her, but, didn't really belabor the point since it was a first draft.  Mostly, I tried to focus on the weightier matters, like, the research, and topic focus, that kind of thing, but, again, really, its hard to do in a rough draft, since nothing's fleshed out yet.  My reviewer was pretty happy with my paper, though, so that's good.  She asked a few questions, since there were some gaps, paragraphs and topics I hadn't covered yet, but, because of my writing process, which, I'll admit, is unusual, my rough draft was more like a final draft four page paper, so the main issues were places that neeeded more explanation and information. So, yeah, honestly, i see how it can be useful, but I still probably won't do it in the future.

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