Week 6 Blog #2

Peer reviews can both be beneficial and difficult. They are very beneficial for both the writer and the reader. For the reader it tells them about their writing and helps them find out how to make it better. It also gives them a critical example of someone elses opinions on their writing style. They can be beneficial for the writer because the writer gets practice proof reading other peoples works, and in turn when they proof read their writings their proof reading skills would have gotten better. They also get exposed to different writing skills and can figure out which ones work and which ones don’t. Even though peer reviews are very beneficial, they are also difficult for the reviewer and the writer. They are difficult for the reviewer because it forces them to critically state their opinion of a complete strangers paper. They are expected to give helpful feedback and not mess up. A peer review is difficult for a writer because as they read the peer review they can disagree with the reviewer, and can get very confused and defensive about the content and mechanics of their paper. This makes peer reviews both helpful and difficult.