Tyler- Reading and Writing Outside of Class

My role as a reader or writer outside of the class room is to basically become a teacher. What I mean by this is whenever you read something or write something, go over it one or two more times and see what you can find wrong with the paper. In addition to doing this, you can also "grade" it like a teacher would. Find out what is wrong with the essay/paper and write down the cons about it. On the contrary, also write down the pros to it because it can possibly advance you as a writer.

One day I was in Mr. Lee's room during break. He had an article up on his computer about Georgia Tech football. He called me over to read it because he thought there were some interesting facts mentioned in the article. After reading it, I thought it was one of the worst articles I have ever read in my life. It had run-on sentences, lists of prepositions, and some ideas were not completely clear. It was a good article in the area of information, but in the area of grammar, it was awful. After reading the article, I noticed that i could write the article in such a better way than the author could. I read though it again, making changes in my head and asking myself, "How could I make this paragraph have better transitions?" Before i knew it, I was trying to rewrite the article but I had to stop myself because I was becoming a little Mr. Goergen.