Comments are a wonky thing. To have someone look at
your work with a critical eye is always a scary but rewarding process. Criticism
is SO useful in this setting. We do not have the ability to walk over to a
classmate and ask “what do you think about this.” That alone puts us in this
cliff hanger of whether or not our work is going to be perceived the way we
intended it to be. Each time I see that I have a new comment I get excited and
curious to see what someone else thinks of my work. It’s truly a strange
process, but it is so wonderful. Other students have pointed out mistakes I've made
that I would have never realized otherwise.
I struggle a little with commenting because I always
want to sort of chat. I’m always intrigued by the inspiration of other’s work
and want to talk about it, not necessarily evaluate it. Another struggle is
with the fact that my knowledge of technical grammatical and punctuation rules
is sort of pathetic. I can easily identify an error but I don’t always know how
to fix it, or why it is wrong. That has proven to be especially difficult in
the longer comments. How do you say “that’s wrong but I don’t know why,” In a constructive
comment? It’s a little difficult to get your opinion out when you aren't sure
how to say it. I am always worried that I will sound mean.
The aspect I like the most about commenting is the
exposure. I would have little motivation or reason to explore other student’s
blog posts without the assignment and would have missed so many cool and
intriguing stories otherwise. The introductions are always the most fun for me
to comment on. It’s so cool to see common interest within a random group of
students, and be able to make note of it.
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