One of the main concerns that I had while I was completing my first draft was my ability to clearly state and express my opinions about the works of Gee Cuddy. While writing the paper I felt as though my ideas were becoming cluttered and disorganized. My best work regarding Cuddy is when I am discussing how using her tactic of “fake it ’til you make” and how this can be used by anyone, “Great quote. I think that this is a very important part of the message that she is trying to convey. The quotation sandwich is also pretty strong.” (peer review). According to my peers the two biggest challenges that I need to work on in this paper are to make more text to self examples and to be more clear and concise when stating my beliefs for either piece of literature. In order to fix the first problem I need to make sure to use an example using myself that I have experienced when it comes to a discourse. The second problem can be fixed by not trying to touch upon and talk about every idea that is proposed by Gee and Cuddy, this will help to make the paper more concise and my opinions will be clearer. Overall I believe that the ideas presented by both Gee and Cuddy are valid but can only realistically be applied to different situations. Cuddy’s theory of “fake it ’til you make” is only applicable when you already have the ability to become a member of that discourse, whereas Gee’s beliefs apply to someone who is starting from scratch.
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