Let's talk about proofreading etiquette

Mainly, that it is YOUR job as the writer to go through and PROOFREAD IT YOURSELF FIRST before submitting it for a peer review. I CANNOT stress this enough.

I'm currently in a fiction writing class and we are in the midst of workshopping stories. Apparently, it is just TOO MUCH WORK to even run a fucking SPELLCHECK before submitting work. This is rude, and it is goddamn awful to read.

This, but for 20 pages.
http://rodaberget.wordpress.com/

You might remember me ranting about the writing compentancy exams earlier this year (which I passed, by the way). I now retract all my statements. The story I'm reading currently is done by (according to my facebook creeping skills) a creative writing major. It. Is. Awful. I thought getting to college meant one could write, but I'm obviously wrong.

Reading this trash feels like I'm punching myself in the eyes. Over and over and over again.







Now for something that actually relates to this class.

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=694325026

This photo recently popped up on my newsfeed. It claims that an officer in DC tossed a dog down a flight of stairs and then shot it several times during and Occupy gathering. This, however, is only partially true. This event did happen, but it happened in September of last year. What I find interesting though, is this: this photo (uploaded yesterday) now has roughly 2500 shares. That is the kind of society we live in today, where an event like this, which in earlier times, probably would have never made it out of a local news circuit, can go national, even global, in a matter of days. Not only this, but when people abuse their power like this, they are now suddenly held responsible for their actions. Someone managed to get a shot of this guy's face, and I guarantee that there are people out there right now collaborating to find his name, badge number, and a slew of other personal things about him. We no long live in the age of the Coverup.

This would be much more interesting if someone weren't using this to garner sympathy for OWS (and if it weren't a year old), but still. Food for thought.