what I learned this week pt.3

This week our class only met one time and we focused on peer editing papers. Although there weren't many new topics introduced, I learned more about how to improve my paper and how to give feedback to my peers. I enjoyed meeting new people and making new groups, as it allowed me to see new people's writing and ideas. It also allowed me to get ideas that I might not have thought of on my own to use for the writing project. I enjoyed reading the feedback on my own paper as well and found it to be quite helpful. The biggest struggle for me this week was trying to make an argument play into my writing project. Through the peer editing, I was able to get many ideas on how to better my paper, but most importantly it helped me realize how important a thesis and argument can be in a paper. When editing others, it was easy to point out that papers with a clear thesis and argument were stronger than ones that lacked those vital aspects. I realized that my thesis and argument were somewhat unclear and knew that in order to better my paper, some work needed to be done. After messing with it for a while and using second order thinking to logically place my ideas, i do believe my paper become stronger. This week I also learned that writing. is. not. easy. Writing is a form of art that takes a lot of time and effort. After spending more time on this paper than I ever have on a paper (probably because it's my first paper of college), I based my thought process off the idea that what I put into it, will be what I get out of it!