Editing Can Be Fun

I feel that many people have trouble focusing on the big picture when editing a paper, because they get wrapped up in all the little grammatical errors. I do not have that problem, mainly because I suck at fixing grammatical errors. I am terrible when it comes to spelling and proper punctuation. Growing up, it has always been hard editing papers in class because I would always miss the punctuation marks and the teacher would always mark me off. Being introduced to this new concept of focusing on the big picture in peers reviews has been a relief. I also really like how we comment positive things on each others papers because it reinforces that we are doing something right. It's really hard when revising a second draft and all there is marked is errors. When I get a paper back that has all negative feed back on it, I feel that the paper is not strong. Therefor I am not exciting about correcting it, because I felt that the total paper was a waist of time. I also liked the way that we corrected the papers on the peer review. We did not receive just one opinion but three. That way, it feels more like suggestions rather then one person editing it saying its just wrong. Also by having three people read it, the last two readers may catch something that the first reader did not. Lastly, I liked how the editing style was set up on the computers so that a bunch of stuff on your paper isn't crossed out, and you can read the typed words better than people's handwriting.  I didn't really dislike anything; I really liked this way of editing and I think this is the way that a paper should be edited.