Blog 5

 Hi Everyone, 

I never had a verbal peer review before, so I wanted to share my experience with that! I found it more valuable than the written ones because I could ask questions about the feedback right then and there. I was also able to ask questions about the questions that came up and questions about the answers that came up. What really baffled me was that the conversation made me realize that I forgot to write about my story's key parts. For example, Hannah had mentioned reading Junot Diaz. I had completely forgotten to write about how Diaz was the first author to put a voice similar to mine in a book and win a Pulitzer prize for it- a voice that I express my insecurity of in my narrative. She had commented on my use of two languages, which I honestly did not think would be interesting; I just wrote it because it was the truth. She expressed that my piece seemed personal with an authentic voice, which is honestly news to me because I literally wrote a paper about how I lack the conviction to stand proud in my authentic voice- because it may be imperfect or out of place. I also really enjoyed this activity because I was excited to talk about her draft verbally because I could not express how much I loved it adequately in typed words. It was like a novel! The imagery was awesome, as well as the shift in events/timelines. It was so creative, and I loved pointing out pieces and hearing the author's perspective. I also loved the opportunity to read my third partner's work, which I also really loved reading, and write down feedback because I, unlike most of my classmates, had a chance to peer review and get reviewed both orally and in writing. In doing so, I was able to see what I preferred and the value that both methods hold because I got to experience them both. I prefer the oral review method because I love talking and am one of those who probably talks way too much. I got to express my emotional reaction to my partner's work and see her response to it. I also got to see her response to my work. The oral review's visceral aspect was more beneficial to me- especially in a piece about an event that is supposed to be dear to us and illuminate our inspiration to pursue this subject matter. I did, however, also see the value in writing a review because it opened my eyes to my tendency to make anything I write somewhat formal, as opposed to the liberties I take in speech (does that make sense?) It also allowed me the ability to practice something that Dr. Huth mentioned last semester, about the importance of being a good colleague to your peers in your response to their work by having "generosity for others' ideas." (Huth 12/5/2020) She said it is an essential skill to have in the professional world, so the written peer review is the perfect practice for that. Likewise, it was good seeing this type of written response doing the same for me! I enjoyed reading my peers' awesome work and experiencing the different kinds of peer review! I hope this made sense.

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