Reading Response
In Caposella's chapters on peer tutoring, I noticed a few concepts that were quite interesting. The most interesting however was stated in the first few chapters. When I think of someone who is a "writing consultant," I think of a writing "professional." I find it kind of odd to think of myself as being someone who could help someone else become a better writer when I have little to no training in doing so. Another point I found interesting was the introverted people are more likely to be good consultants do to the fact that they are more easily interacted with than an extroverted person. Most instructors seem very extroverted, so when I think of going to someone called a consultant it only seems right to believe I'm going to see an outgoing individual. It makes perfect sense to me however, that introverts are better consultants. It was simply a viewpoint I had never looked at before.
Assessment 1.0
(First Introductory Questions)
My name is Joshua Perry and I am a Criminal Justice major at Washington State University. This is my final semester before graduating with my Bachelor’s Degree. Currently, the majority of writing I do are research papers. Being a Criminal Justice Major, most of my time is spent reading works by other authors and combining various ideas into one paper. After graduation, I plan on going anywhere I can get hired as a law enforcement officer.
(End of class Questions)
Currently the majority of my writing is either research based or analytically based. I don’t do any personal writing, however through school I have been writing quite often. My strengths in writing include doing deep and thorough research, as well as making my paper have a generally good ‘flow’ to it. I know this because at least 90% of the time I complete a writing assignment, I receive a B+ or better. I can say with complete honesty that I don’t remember the last time I received a poor grade on a writing assignment. That is a huge part of the reason I was really confused with the outcome of my Jr. Writing Portfolio. I’d say my weakness in writing is working fast. Doing timed writes are easily my least favorite assignments to complete because I like being able to take my time in order to ensure I am providing my best work. Being able to overview my writing is why I am able to complete well written papers, and not being able to do so makes it pretty hard to write acceptable works.
I as well found it interesting that an introverted person would be a better consult, but I guess that gives me a leg up being introverted myself. I also find it strange that we will be helping people with there writing; while we our selfs we told to take a course because we are not yet good enough at writing.
ReplyDeleteI as well hate timed writes, although I do make most of my papers for other classes timed by waiting until the last day to do them.