Nov. 14

Nov. 14: Some days in my persuasive writing class we have to turn in papers. We turn in two drafts on different days, a rough draft and a final draft. When we turn in our rough draft, it never makes it to our teacher and we only use it for peer reviews during the class period. Today I realized that I’m not even getting graded on my rough draft and so there’s no point in writing it.

            I was very very tempted to not write my paper because my teacher would never know and it would save me time and the dreary/boringness of writing a paper. But, it just didn’t feel right. It didn’t feel right because if I didn’t write my paper, then I wouldn’t be contributing to my classmates which wouldn’t be helping my teacher. I felt it was right to write my paper whether it was being graded or not. I benefited from this act of integrity because I was able to get good feedback on my paper that helped me write a better final draft and get a good grade.