Post 03: Nervous Nelly

 This week we were assigned the job of reviewing our peers writings about schooling problems. These writings were written to help fellow students solve problems they may suffer from too. I personally wrote mine about test anxiety. In my writing, I listed many ways to help cope with test anxiety. Many of the coping mechanisms in my writing came from experts though. These experts know best about the problem they work to help students solve. For example, one of my favorite coping mechanisms is written by Craig N. Sawchuk. He lists many ways to help test anxiety but one really stuck out to me. "Establish a consistent pretest routine. Learn what works for you, and follow the same steps each time you get ready to take a test. This will ease your stress level and help ensure that you're well-prepared." Establishing a routine is a method I recently starting using and discovered it works well for me. Mike Bunn also uses outside sources to support his thesis in his essay, "How to Read Like a Writer". He uses multiple expert opinions and some of his own to help convince his audience of his thoughts. He writes his own ideas, then supports them with the quotes of professionals.