Peer editing in the past was pretty similar to the peer editing we did in class. I feel like editing is a win-win situation for everyone. Each person is able to become a better reader and writer because of this process. There are a couple of downsides to peer editing though. I feel like the most common bad situation you can get in when either peer editing someone's paper or someone peer editing yours is when everyone wants to be polite. I completely understand where that "polite" person comes from because you don't want to be the one to tell someone you don't get their paper because in some cases it might come off rude. In this situation, I feel like it is best to go ahead and be straight forward with the person because I feel if you don't say something, then the grade and quality of their paper might suffer because you didn't speak up. Chapter 10 provides a solid peer editing process. I feel like Chapter 10's process is if the peer editing process goes perfectly. I know personally I didn't spend 10 minutes with my partner at the end of editing their paper discussing their strengths and weaknesses of their writing, just because I didn't have that much to say. Although I didn't spend 10 minutes talking about that, I felt like my partner and I had a successful peer editing session. Chapter 10 gave good tips on how to improve one's peer editing process and made me a better editor.
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