I dreaded going to class. I had typed up a rhetorical report, or so I had thought, and had absolutely no desire to read it to the class. I walked into class on Thursday still feeling the same dread I had felt the night before. My turn to be critiqued came shortly after I arrived in class, and I began to read. I had written my paper, originally thinking it would be a rhetorical report, but upon reading it out loud to the class I quickly changed my mind. As it turned out, even reading my paper out loud to the class, the most eagerly unanticipated part of this ordeal, was helpful. It enabled me to catch many of my own mistakes. And then the input from the class was also wildly helpful. There were parts, such as the transition between my first and second paragraphs, which I would have found no fault with, but my peers were able to catch and help me fix. Another place where the input of others was great was in converting my somewhat report into analysis. Their tips were fantastic and will definitely be used in my corrections. Overall, as much as I disliked the process of peer review, it was a very helpful tool in writing a successful paper.