Peer editing groups scare me sometimes and knowing it will be happening in class makes me nervous. I have very low self esteem when it comes to my writing skills. I have never been one to volunteer to read any paper I have written aloud nor do I ever want to. When put into peer editing groups, I get very uncomfortable when allowing others to read my paper. I always think they are going to be thinking how bad my paper is or they will get bored of reading it. In class the other day when we were put into editing groups, I became very uneasy about the thought. We were put into groups of threes. After that, I found out the other two girls in my group were going to be editing my paper first. Feeling more anxious and nervous, the professor then told us the writers would read their story aloud while the editors read along, making corrections. Sarcastically, I thought, this must be my lucky day. However, when I began reading my paper, surprisingly I really liked the way it sounded. Before this, I thought my paper was terrible. Reading it out loud made me think the opposite. It also helped me to pick out the things I wanted to change in it. I thought I was going to hate the aspect of peer editing in this class, but now I think that it really helped.
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