Week 7 Blog Reviews

Amber:

Marrying To Get Divorced

You made some great points. I agree with all of them that marriage is just a title. Your quote was flawlessly used, being the basis of your whole post. This post was very well done. The only part that bothers me is the last sentence: “Two people can share a relationship without having to get married to then get divorced.” It is unclear and took me a few reads to understand it. I would suggest adding the word “just” right after married. I think that will clear it up well. Great job overall with this post.

Sex, Lies and Conversation Directed Freewrite

Your background story was perfect. It was well summarized to understand the exact situation. This assignment was not simple and I struggled to find out a situation, but had no luck. The book really only talked about how each gender acts and didn’t help me at all. I remember reading in the book about the boyfriend who would lie down and cover his eyes. I believe using the actual quotes may have been more useful than just a summary. Your quote was seamless in showing how the situation could have changed by one simple thing. I really disliked the assignment and after reading yours, I believe you did well.

Katie:

Evolutionary Psychology

The first thing I noticed is that there are no quotation marks in the first sentence, but a citation. Is this a quote or a mishap with the citation? Your introduction consists of three paragraphs that explain the different theories quite well. Because of this, I didn’t know what the principle for your blog was until the last paragraph. You wrote your opinion but didn’t elaborate on it. You changed the subject into saying that marriage isn’t necessary for reproduction and this hurt your opinion overall. I believe you did a great job on this one and it was very informative.

Rules of Conversation

I really enjoyed your first paragraph. Your situation was quite humorous and I find it hard to keep eye contact with other people. It makes me feel like I am intruding their personal space. Your quote seamlessly resembles the situation provided. The conclusion paragraphs was a great way to end the post, but when describing Tannen’s reasoning, I believe using a quote would have been more informative (if there was one that summed it up such as you have). Great job with this one.