Strengths/weaknesses of student papers

Reading the paper "Home-Schooling Opposed to Public Schooling", my first reaction was that the title was inappropriate for the what the body of the paper is about. Reading the title, it seems that the article is solely about home-schooling, and sending kids off to public schools, and not the notion that home-schooling is "unschooling".

The transition between each paragraph was good. It seemed to flow in an organized manner. At the end of the first paragraph, the author states which devices she will use in the body of the paper, then executes exactly what she says.

I was indifferent about how the author used a lot of quotes. A lot of my classmates said that the author used too many quotes, but I thought the quotes backed up the point that he/she was trying to make. I do think that there were a lot of quotes, but he content of them were good for the article.

In "A Rudy Awakening", I think this article was well-written. The difference between this student paper and the other's is that this one was very focused and planned. I liked the ananlysis of the title. It's simple play on words, but it was a good choice because this ananlysis gives you an idea of what the article is about.

In profreeding our student papers, I wished that I could have gotten one-on-one commentary for my paper. This paper was surprisingly more difficult to write than what I expected. I'm normally good writing papers, but since my major has changed to journalism, the focus hasn't been on how many pages you write; it's more content focused and if all the information is in a chronological order of importance.