Feedback & Critique Blog Post

I would like to think that I am good at giving criticism of other's work. I am never mean nor too happy and nice. I give advice as I would like to receive it even though I have never been good at getting criticism in any way. That is just how I am. For some reason I always feel personally attacked even though I know it has nothing to do with me as a person. Good criticism in my opinion looks like a "how to" or a to do list for your paper. Good criticism tells you exactly what they think you did wrong and what you should do to fix it or they tell you what they liked and should be kept in your paper. Good criticism is something that your teacher or a good friend will give you. Criticism can be given about many things, not just a paper or something due in class. Over my life time I have received criticism about my school work, my cheerleading, my speaking skills, my life style, my friends and boyfriend, it is extremely common for people to want to give you their opinion, which is part of criticism. Good criticism does not offend you in any way but gives you the guidelines, help, encouragement, and push to do better in many ways. From what I know, I believe I can produce good and constructive criticism. I'm sure that I could always give better criticism the more that I give it. Some people, like my dad, say that there is no such thing as constructive criticism because someones true feelings always come out, I agree somewhat and hope that when I do give criticism that I can control all of my feelings, if any. Personally, the most helpful critique I think is telling someone what they did wrong and exactly how to fix it. Telling someone what they did wrong and only what they did wrong will not help them at all, you must also tell them what they need to do to fix it or the criticism is worthless. Another helpful criticism is to tell someone what they did that was good but also something they can do to improve what they did. It is always the point of criticism to improve someone and not to hurt them or make them worse in any way. When I critique someone, which I personally hate doing because it is just not in my personality, but when I do I always try to tell them what was wrong in their paper, something that obviously needs to be fixed and how to fix it. I give criticism the way I would want to get it if I absolutely had to. I think that giving feedback always helps and is a very useful resource to help better your paper or piece of work being critiqued. I appreciate the fact that my peers and classmates have taken their time to critique and criticize my paper and give me the tools that I need to make it better. I think that peer review is a great idea and something that should be used to help others with the ideas of people their own age.