Hilary’s Blog

Peer Reflections

While reading Gerrek's writing from throughout the semester I discovered a number of themes. His writing often explores both sides of the argument, which seems to show he has an understanding of the topic that he is writing about. It also seems to show that he hasn't always come up with a solution but that is okay. He also uses a lot of personal experience in his writing, which seems to further emphasize his stance on whatever the topic is. Gerrek often uses questions in his writing, which draws the reader in. As an intellectual, he is confident in his writing but is still learning by exploring, questioning, and looking at both sides of the argument.

Kyle's writing seems to be very choppy and fragmented. Yet, it makes sense and flows well. He uses lots of personal experience and it all seems to have some of the elements of a memoir. His personal experience seems to show his grasp of the argument and topic he is writing on.

Jamie's writing has also had quite a bit of personal experience. She tends to begin her writing with a story/narrative and then reflect on the experience described. She also uses dialogue quite a bit in telling about her personal experiences and narrative. She often uses compromise in presenting her arguments. These techniques seem to show that she draws understanding of the topic from personal experience and she can see both sides of the argument and how they might work.

Jessica uses a lot of personal experience as well. She tends to start her writing with backround and information on the different scholars' points of view then draws conclusions for her argument from her personal experience. This seems to show her understanding and the time she takes to understand the various stances of the topic as an academic.