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November 09, 2005
Midsemester eval.
Three things that I liked and thought were helpful so far...
- The idea that we can get peer feedback on mostly everything that we do, espcially our papers, is good because it is nice to know what other peers think of your paper, too. It's kind of like getting a different perspective on things because the peers are our age, know what we're going through, because they are kind of going through it to, and I think that it is helpful.
- The fact that people can comment on the blog because it feels good to get a good comment from somebody knowing that they feel the same way, or enjoyed something that you wrote.
- Not being graded on work and papers helps. It makes it easier to write what I am thinking because I am not worried about "oh, is this going to get me a B or and A or what?"
One thing not helpful...
- I don't like the fact that when I get a paper back, it always seems to be bad comments. There may be one or two good things, but the negative comments overpower the good and the good are often over looked. Not saying that my papers are wonderful, because I know there can be many many improvements and that the comments are there to help and to be feedback in how to improve the paper, but sometimes it stresses me out because I feel like it's not good enough. And then to get another paper back within the next few days with the same type of comments just adds on to that feeling. I think maybe if the first comment on the front page of the paper, in the top margin, was a good one, even just saying "Good try, blah blah blah" and then go into the negative would be better.
Posted by lcisnelson at November 9, 2005 11:07 AM