Peer-Editing Goals

Within the next couple years, I would like to have a better idea of what I would like to do with the rest of my life. I hope to become a lot more proficient at the languages I already speak, Spanish and French, as well as learning the rest of the more popular romance languages, which would include Italian, Portuguese, Catalan, and Romanian. This will allow me to be able to converse with a great amount of people across the world, which will in turn help me with my long-term goals, as well as my plan to volunteer at Hannah House, a Crisis Pregnancy Center, and lean how to help women and children that come from backgrounds involving abuse and sexual assault.

Editing. Arranging, revising, condensing, modifying and preparing a written, audio, or video material for final production.

Another aspect that led me to being a writing consultant, and being interested in editing, was a previous experience as a copy editor at The Daily Northwestern. It was a formative experience that led me to being a better journalist, and to seek out this opportunity at the Writing Place. Doing that job made me pay more attention to spelling, dates and even capitalization. But most importantly, it taught me that the writer puts together most of the puzzle, and the editor is the one who puts the last pieces in and makes the puzzle look polished. One role is nothing without the other. Without a writer, the editor has no article to improve. Without an editor, the writer wouldn’t be able to refine their story. Even if writing is personal, it can take a village to raise a good story and make it the best it can be. At The Daily, writers always had their desk editors with whom they could bounce ideas off, and in turn the copy editors had to discuss with writers how they could fine-tune their stories, whether that was citing stories properly, or remembering to write “The Daily” instead of “the Daily.” Much like how

As an American we have the right to exercise freedom of speech and I believe that freedom of speech is one of the most valuable rights we have, and I have not been able to exercise this right for the last 18 years of my life. I am most fortunate to be able to exercise this right in my English 1102 class during peer reviews. In my opinion, people learn best by teaching than they do by listening to the teacher and I believe peer reviews work the same way. When I was engaged in peer views, I learned more from my own writing than I ever have been reading my own reviews. I feel this is true because we are engaging in reading over another classmate’s paper, and offering our advice that could potentially improve their essays. For our first peer review our teacher gave us a list of guidelines to go by in order to do the most efficient job in peer review. It

The area I am most interested is elementary education and certified in bilingual education. When I moved to this beautiful country without knowing anything about the culture or the language, my teachers were those who supported me and taught me the language. They helped me to integrate into this peculiar country. My teachers are the ones who inspired me to study and become a bilingual teacher. One of my goals is to help the students integrate into this culture and teach them the language with the same love and affection my teachers did. My planned pathway to become a teacher would be graduating Cumberland County College with an associate’s degree in education. After graduating, I plan to transfer to Stockton University to earn my bachelor degree in bilingual education. I would like to start working as a teacher assistant, and gain more experience that will help me when I become a teacher.

My long-term goal is to become a translator in a hospital, while also pursuing a career as an Occupational Therapist (OT). With my degree, I will be able to communicate with Hispanics who are hesitant with their English as well as improve the

It was my pleasure to be asked to participate in the “Career Day” at Abbotsford Senior Secondary High School to provide information of a career option—American Sign Language (ASL) Interpreter to the students. I was pleased to submit the following proposal with detailed career information and features as well as resources I will take to accomplish my proposal.

Currently, my intended career path is to teach English in a Texas High School classroom. Although I’m open to teaching any of the grades encompassed in the secondary- level certification, right now I am looking towards either English II or English IV in the tenth grade and twelfth grade year respectively. I would also like to get my master’s degree so that I may teach dual credit courses, and in the future, am considering getting a doctorate as well.

Needless to say, due to little expected growth in this field, the competition for jobs is very strong. The Communications program at Rio Grande, teaches the fundamental skills for individuals looking to enter the news editing workforce. The news writing, and student newspaper courses provide working knowledge of how to effectively write news articles, and how to properly format a

I know that editing takes up a large amount of time but just how much exactly? Does it take closer towards a day or maybe two to get something meticulously written, edited, and submitted for your due date? I can’t imagine you have terribly long work periods and, seldom expansion periods. Also, I heard sometimes people hire editors to edit their articles. I find that interesting too, as small companies aren't going to be able to afford

When choosing the career of an editor, one’s mindset often wavers due to the responsibility that comes with being an editor. In the end, many select this career due to a passion for words and the way they make up an entire culture inspiring some with fantastical stories while teaching others numerous lessons. In order to go into this field, one must have numerous strengths. In order to be successful in this field, one must be able to efficiently manage one’s schedule as well as the schedule of another. One must be able to communicate smoothly with others in order to stay on track. The key part of being an editor is their ability to write a well thought out paragraph as well as deduce any changes that need to be made to make the writing more appealing to the readers (Editors). By being able to do all these things, one is that much closer to achieving the important behind the scenes status of an editor. As important as these strengths are, one must also seek a higher education that will allow one to reach their full potential in their chosen

One of my plans is to continue my studies and apply for a Teacher Credential program and complete a Master degree in Especial Education. Also, I want to work in a bilingual school where I can support my community and share my knowledge and culture. I want to continue volunteering in different programs for the community. Lastly, It is very important for me to share my experience with high school students so they can pursue their studies and never give up, however, difficult the obstacles

One example of how I grew as an ESOL educator was through another professional development provided by another of the refugee resettlement agencies. The topic of the in-service was story telling, and letting the students using their stories as venues to not only develop their English proficiency, but for them to feel at ease when completing writing assignments. The story telling topic was interesting and gave me diverse ideas of ways I could incorporate the topic in my lessons. However, the best part of the training was when a former student of the school use his own life story to explain to us the diverse things he had done since he came to the country to now that he is a student in Georgia State University, while working in television/movies

In my future career I aspire to teach English for Specific Purposes. These purposes can include academic English, scientific English, or possibly medical English. I hope to inspire adults to expand their profession or young adults to pursue a career related to the topic of English, so that they might share and gain knowledge with others around the world. These students may come from various backgrounds and L1s (depending on where I teach) and will likely be in an EFL context. Unless I teach in Canada, and then that would be an ESL classroom.

I’ve thought of medical careers, a career in psychiatry, forensics, and writing. After plenty of research, experience, and self-evaluation, I think I’ve found a fairly solid fit. A fast moving, creative environment surrounded by interesting people, whilst utilizing my love for literature, a career in publishing is calling my name. Specifically, a career as an editor. Both book editing and script editing sound appealing to me, but for now I’ll focus on book editing. As an editor, I would have a working environment that suits me and appropriate skills for the job, such as interpersonal skills, language skills, writing skills, creativity, and being detail oriented. (bls.gov) Also, values that are important to me would be a focus in this career, such as independence, achievement, and recognition. A career as an editor is a fulfilling career goal because of the ability to improve communication. (Cole 2)