Kenneth McIntyre

Professor Kennia Lopez

Composition II

7th of December, 2023

Peer Review - Zee Paul

Zee, the subject you’ve chosen for your expose, gifted programs in public schooling, is

one that I find myself interested in and believe that others will too. Your first paragraph is a great

introduction to this. You have found a way to easily let people who aren’t ‘gifted’ learn what it

really was like. One thing that I think you can do to strengthen, and lengthen, your expose is start

presenting facts outside of your own experience sooner. There’s a line in your third paragraph

that presents an idea: “For me and my family, there is white privilege attached to that.” (Paul,

Zee) This line is very strong, however, your points as to why afterwards is not. I think that you

can go more in depth in this paragraph rather than wait. You should also be direct with why the

gifted program is a ‘white’ program. There’s more to explore that would make your expose have

a little more depth.

The choice to explore the history of the gifted program and the test used to define it is a

strong one. You do a good job at outlining what happens, but you’ve kind of skipped over why. If

you explore the reasons on why the gifted program was made, you may be able to strengthen the

ties to white privilege.

Overall, your expose is off to a great start. You’ve chosen a very strong topic and have

good facts backing it. You just need more details. If you add the nitty-gritty, your expose will

have a stronger logos. Keep up the great work. I look forward to seeing more of it.