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I thought the peer review process was very informative, with the ability to get a second look at my paper was very beneficial. I over looked many spelling and grammatical errors when I read through my paper after finishing the rough draft. Having my peer’s review it takes a little off of the professor because they’re the ones who are going to read them anyways, no need to get them worn out before they begin. This also helps you see what others are doing differently than yourself or find similarities.

I’m not the best candidate to review someone’s paper because I tend to nitpick, and loose the purpose of what I’m doing. I tend to focus on the small stuff like using different synonyms to make the sentence flow better rather than focus on the key points and letting the author decide whether or not to use certain words or not.

When I get a paper back from being peer reviewed I always take the comments with a grain of salt. I reread my paper from the very beginning and try to add in any comments or suggestions to see if they add any value to the paper. Usually I take the comments and suggestions and use them in the final draft. I figure that if one of my peer’s can find it the professor can definitely find the mistakes.

Peers are great for finding sentences or paragraphs that are completely off topic or are just plain stupid because they are usually reading them pretty quickly compared to a professor and if something seems not to make sense they let you know.

I know I have an issue with my tenses; I go from present to past and back in the same sentence sometimes. The most helpful critique someone can give me is the ones that aren’t so obvious.

I enjoy peer reviewing papers!