I originally had a plan for this blog entry. I planned to woo the audience with my innocent charm and cleverly structured wit. I planned to delve into Serbian History and provide a thorough background on all the facts and points you may not have known, but always wondered about the allusive Serbians. I guess you will have to postpone your excitement for tomorrow night and instead focus on the injustice that is found in every expecting high school classroom.
The peer critique, found in almost every mainstream English/Language Arts classroom is a horrendous act of treachery on the part of the teacher. While it can be argued that the Peer Critique (also referred to as the "Peer Evaluation") is a way of weeding out the unworthy edits and pawning off the simple grammatical edits on unprepared students, it can also be argued that for the higher level of writers in the class, this system does didly-squat. Instead we are returned an essay exactly like the one we handed off, wondering whether you are really that good. Is it possible to be that good? Probably not, no one is a flawless writer at age 15. So, instead, you must find another person to edit your piece. Someone who would rather be doing something else. It is such a process for such little gain.
I would love to see a chance to get our work edited by a professional or someone of higher educational level. Perhaps then we would get adequate feedback that might help us in the writing and editing process.
Oh wait! We ARE getting that chance! Tune in later for more information on my professional interview and feedback session.
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How could we make that process more effective? Do you see the benefit of doing them, even for a strong writer like yourself?
Also, there is no shortage of highly educated adults around the school, I imagine (myself being one of them, if I do say so). I bet at least one of THEM would be happy to read it for you!
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