I throughly enjoyed reading the papers my peers wrote and think I noticed things in their papers that I could revise in my final essay after being the peer reviewer. I thought both the topics that my peers choose to write about were very fascinating and relevant to this class, which I very much enjoy. It was neat to feel like I knew a decent amount about microbes and their influence on human health, but these papers made me think deeper and reason out if their arguments made sense based on what I know. One of the largest benefits of reading other papers was definitely noticing aspects of their papers that I had not thought about in mine. The different perspective puts me in the position of the reader/evaluator and what things need to be changed to improve the essay for when others read it. I learned that looking out for redundant phrases and ideas is hard to balance with the minimum word count and also wanting to hammer home the thesis at many points in the paper. I will apply this to my paper by reading it through and taking out redundant phrases as well as re-phrasing sentences if needed. Another big thing I noticed is how some paragraphs were choppy and didn’t flow well into the next. I will definitely pay attention to this in my final revision. Lastly, I will pay attention to the tone and formality of my paper and make sure I use appropriate language throughout.