Journal #8
Some global comments/ suggestions that I received were that my essay flowed really well and there was not much to comment on other than I haven’t finished putting my paper into MLA format and some little grammatical errors. Some helpful comments that I provided to my peers were that I pointed out how Jack had started his second to last sentence of his conclusion with “In conclusion” but then added another sentence after it. Another good critic I had was that another peer of mine is I pointed out how Kenny didn’t introduce who Rob Rhinehart was which is a good thing to add into your essay so the readers can understand who the creator of Soylent is. We did have a point that we should make sure to introduce what Soylent is within the first paragraph, but I don’t believe that was a comment that was typed onto anyone’s essay. Introducing what Soylent is right away is very important to this essay because we have to think in a reader’s point of view who has never read the “The End of Food” essay prior like we did. Compared to my high school peer reviews, participating in a group peer review with 4 people including me was a new experience. I am used to having a one-on-one peer review but after the group peer review, I have noticed new things. It was very helpful because I received multiple opinions and critics from different perspectives and educational backgrounds.