The deadline for submitting the formal report draft fell during a very busy and hectic time in my life. With my schedule all mapped out to get the draft ready on time, it was unfortunate to have a lot of unplanned things happen at the same time. Although it was hard to take time out to work on the draft, I managed to submit my work on time. This was only possible because I was ready with the data from the surveys and I had a rough idea of how the draft would look like. I had to skim over the data quickly and make the first drafts of the pie charts and graphs, which seemed harder and more time consuming than expected. It was also a struggle to decide what questions from the surveys would be the ones that make it to the draft, as in what were the deciding questions for the solution to my research. Being an economics student I am used to thorough research papers and so I am yet to feel satisfied with my work, which I believe I will achieve when the formal report is submitted as a whole.
Peer reviewing Jiajie’s report was a delight. I got to learn so much about wildfires caused by humans themselves. Jiajie’s report held great purpose for the intended audience not only locally but globally. His formal report showcased his expertise and passion for the topic. The formal report holds a large portion of our grades and so I wanted to make sure I was giving Jiajie a good review just as he gave me. The main aspect of my peer-reviewing for Jiajie’s report was to inform him about condensing the document, rephrasing, and reorganizing his conclusion section. I made sure my review provided both the positives and areas of improvement of his draft.
I have started to work on my finalizing my formal report. Going over Jiajie’s work has reminded me about certain things I planned to include in my own report and it also reminded me about guidelines that I was missing out on. Right now, my report falls short of the required page count, but I am sure I will be able to achieve a page count closer to the target length as I expand on my work and include more data from my surveys.
I look forward to completing the final draft of my formal report for this course and share my results with the intended audience.