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Recently in class, we had critiqued ourselves, as well as did peer review work with some two of our classmates. What I noticed was that I specifically enjoy leaving suggestions, but along with that, I give each author an example of what I would write/say if I were to be writing their paper. However, it had become a challenge when some students had veered away from the topic and rubric. The required comments that I had to give them thereafter became highly difficult, because rather than commenting on how someone used their quote, I had to focus rather on commenting and asking them to include quotes in their essay altogether.

When it came to critiquing myself, I had noticed that I included more “story” to my essay rather than making text to text and text to self connections. My entire first page consists of background information about myself and how I was introduced to my conflicts and so forth. When I used the text to help support my essay, I did not include as much as I should have. For example, I had only used the term “fixed mindset” when referring to Carol Dweck, and had not mentioned anything further about what she was presenting about. I also think I should include an additional quote towards the end, in regards to how I learned from my mistakes and compare them with Bain’s text. Lastly, I hope to include more information on how I worked more towards my goals. I thought I had included it in my text, however, my peers disagree. Therefore, I aspire to make more connections within my essay and integrate more in order to have a good flow between story and text.