Over the past few classes in
English we have been reading, talking, and practicing our peer-review processes.
When Ms. Wright announced that we would be learning about peer-reviews in class
I immediately sighed in disgust. I always assumed I knew everything there was to
know about peer-reviewing my classmate’s papers and essays. All you had to do
was write down where they made spelling and grammar mistakes, right? After our
lesson in previous classes I learned how wrong I really was. Peer-review is
more about reading their paper and commenting on what you liked, what you would
change, and what confused you.
I hated
how much work it took to review other people’s papers but reviewing is much
easier after you read the paper a second time. I despise rereading anything so
I knew that wouldn’t work well with me. After attempting to read the paper once
and write my review, I realized how shitty my comments were. Sadly, I had to suck it up and reread the
papers I was reviewing for Thursday’s class. It turned out to not be that bad
reading it a second time around and I realized that my comments were much more
in depth than they were originally. I felt it was extremely odd that I became
to enjoy rereading papers and writing my reviews on them. I started off hating
the entire peer-review process and now ultimately I find it somewhat
entertaining. I guess I learned not to “judge a book by its cover.”
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