Journal #8- Why Proof Reading is Important

Proof reading is a really important thing when it comes to writings. It is something that you must always do, and if you do not you will really suffer the consequences. You even have to proof read little things like blogs or reflections, because you could really mess up and say something that you did not mean. The reason that you have to proof read, is because you could type it one way, but then when you go to read it is does not mean the same thing. In the funny video that we watched during class, they did not proof read at all, and they really should have. He would keep saying things that he did not mean, because he did not read over it before he decided to share it with a bunch of people. He really made himself look bad, at least it was not something that was meant to be really important. It happens a lot these days, that people will go to give a speech and they do not read over it much before they give it, and then they just say it all wrong. That really makes them look not very proffesional, and all they would have had to have done was read over it, and it would have saved them some embarrassment. It also kind of has something to do with copywriting, because people will steal ideas and try to make them their own, and when they do that they do not read over it, and when they go to say it they say it all exactly the same and it really does not make them look good. Things like that really get people in trouble, and it happens every day. The video was kind of funny to me, but then you think about it and realize what it really means. People do not proof read, and sometimes people have to get really embarrassed to learn that they have to do things the right way next time. Then when they go to do it next time the make sure that they proofread.