Week 11: revising this messsss aaaa
Okay, so this week was all about taking our Shoe Stride paper from "okay na to" vibess to actually making it more formal and professional. We got feedback from our instructor and there were a lot of tiny things we didn’t even realize were problems. But hey, that’s why revisions exist para ma change angg need e change
First up: the Table of Contents. Turns out, we’d totally forgotten to add page numbers. Like… how?? It’s literally called a table of contents, and yet ours was out here looking like a vague outline with commitment issues. So we went through every section, manually checking where each one started and adding those little numbers like our grades depended on it (because… they kinda do).
Then there was the Abstract. Apparently, our keywords were just hanging out in the middle like they owned the place, but the formatting rules said they belong at the bottom. So we kicked them down there real quick—no hard feelings, keywords.
The biggest change? Section 1.3 (Objectives). Originally, it was this long, overly ambitious list like "we will solve world hunger AND invent time travel"—but our instructor reminded us to keep it focused. So we trimmed it down to three clear, realistic goals that actually match what we’re doing. Less daydreaming, more "this is doable in one semester."
we also:
Double-checked all our headings to make sure they matched the style guide (turns out bold vs. italics does matter).
Fixed some wonky spacing between sections (why does Word hate consistency?).
Read the whole thing out loud to catch awkward sentences (and laughed at how robotic we sounded in some parts).
It wasn’t the most exciting week, but honestly? Seeing the paper look this much cleaner feels amazing.