Can I properly give peer response?

After reading Nuebert and McNelis, I realize that revising someone’s writing takes a lot of understanding what critique really means. Critiquing one’s work takes proper skills so that you can give the writer specific suggestions to improve the writing. In my years of education I was paired up with many peers to help revise each other’s writing. I would generally only read quickly through the writing and I would agree every time with what the writer was stating. I was not giving my peer a proper response of his writing, this was not helping my peers what so ever.

Nuebert and McNelis showed in a study that by focusing on Peer response with the technique, Praise / Question / Polish. Nuebert & McNelis stated, “We found that this technique helps students focus on the task at hand as well as maintain a positive attitude toward the critique process (52). Group members take turns reading the text and follow the PQP technique. This will help the writer better use his strong points in his writing and tighten up his week points with the help of the peers. If I had been taught this technique, at a younger age I believe that I would have become a better writer and I would have help my peers do so as well.

Peer Response: Teaching Specific Revision Suggestions, Gloria A Nuerbert and Sally J. McNelis, The English Journal, Vol. 79. No.59 (Sep., 1990). pp. 52 – 56, http://www.jstor.org/stable/818375, 9/21/2009.

My peer group stated that my examples are too vague and I need to elaborate more with personal experiences.

Is being able to read rhetorically going to help you write rhetorically?

Reading rhetorically will most certainly help you write rhetorically in many ways. When you read rhetorically it means that you are able to pull meaning out of the text. You will not only be able to summarize the basic content, but decipher what the author had originally intended his audience to gain his knowledge. This thought process would help you when you try to write rhetorically. If you already have the knowledge and experience to be able to rhetorically, then you will be able to put your feelings, emotions, and experiences on paper. As a writer you will be able to form all these conventions and with your words express yourself.

Dante,
Good illustration through your personal experience. next time try to talk a little bit more about your academic experience as well, since after all it was the topic of the question.
Interesting.
Grade C+

Was I too young to start College?

Students can accomplish far more than we typically give them credit for. As a returning student I feel very uncertain about what my college future holds. After taking seven years off from school to join the workforce, I have decided to return to school and complete my degree. Speaking from experience when your a young student trivial and material things matter more than studying and preparing for the future. When I was a young first year student I took my professors for granted and did not take advantage of the knowledge they wanted to pass on. During the seven years working I had to adjust my attitude so that I could earn money and continue to work. I learned key lessons in the workforce like punctuality and meeting deadlines. I would not have been able to build my character and work ethic without managers constantly pushing me to do my best and more. All professors need to set their expectations high for all their students as well as all students need to set their bars just as high for professors. If both expect high standards then both will be able to reach their goals.