Responding and Getting Response

Fears

2. What is your biggest fear about receiving feedback from other students about your writing?

The responses of the students to this question fell into seven categories (plus the usual 'other' category) although several of the categories seem to relate to the same underlying fears. The top two categories contained almost half of the total comments.


Collection of Actual Comments

Below are the actual comments of the students. The context surrounding some comments has been removed to leave just the actual 'fear' expressed, but the words of the students have not been changed.

Other comments:

I don't fear constructive feedback...

I don't know enough myself...

I fear comments that are not constructive...

I fear that I will not be receptive...

I fear misunderstanding...

I think the responder might not be honest...

I question the skill of the responder...