In the brief blogging hiatus that we enjoyed the previous few weeks, each student in this classroom had the opportunity to peer review several of our peers rough drafts for the research paper due at the end of this semester. This gave each of us a more in depth opportunity to explore and appreciate the perspectives each of our classmates took on the literature we have reviewed thus far this semester. I appreciated this opportunity, as the blog posts we previously commented on were a more niche perspective on specific issues. This paper, however, is a much larger picture, and more accurately reflects each individuals take on the material that we have been examining in this class.
From these papers, we can see the true interests of our peers. We see the influences of previous education, their ideals, their worldview and their interpretation of the events we have discussed in class. For political science students like myself, these tumultuous decades we have examined are often viewed through a political sense – for English, or literature majors – they often can do a more effective in depth analysis of the rhetoric used by the authors. For STEM majors – the literature reviewed and the historical perspectives often can be seen through a more analytical, statistical lense.
Overall, I truly did appreciate the wide spread views that these papers allowed me to read in depth, its a really cool experience to see the material we have all learned together interpreted in different ways, influenced by the backgrounds each individual has compiled throughout their life experiences, time in school, and courses taken.