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Read and respond to Richard Straub’s “Responding—Really Responding—to Other Students’ Writing.” What were you ideas and attitudes toward revising and responding before reading Straub's essay? Have your opinions changed? How? How can you apply what Straub said to your first workshop? What did you learn about responding to your peers?

Before i read Richard Straub's essay i thought of revising and responding to a paper as a job. When the teacher would tell me to proof read and correct some one's paper i would sit down and circle everything i could find that was not correct. After Reading i now realize the difference between being helpful and being hurtful all through using Straub's ideas and approaching the owner of the paper. For instance if a person thinks highly of themselves and is confident find something that will challenge them or give them more suggestions. If someone is making a bad grade in the class try to use positive criticism and use words of encouragement to help them out. Therefore my feelings have changed. I now know how to critique some one's paper as well as encourage them in a more positive way. I can apply what Straub's said in my first work-shop by being more supportive, encouraging, and worrying more about changing the content rather than the grammar. I can't wait for the workship we as students can help each other by using encouraging criticism to make each one of us better writers. :)