Tutoring Video

This video showed me more of what actual tutoring may be like. What stood out to me specifically, was how the 2 tutors who were being interviewed kept emphasizing that each student is different. While the tutor may have a basic way of helping a student with their writing, you can really never treat two people the same way. Also, when they spoke about making suggestions instead of corrections, I thought that was an important idea to remember. When the students come to the writing center for help, I think they want the help but ultimately they are the ones getting the grade. Therefore, if they don't feel comfortable with something a tutor suggested, they shouldn't be forced to change it. I also thought it was especially interesting when they showed the "mock" tutoring session where the student had already gotten his grade and was looking to improve on it. During that clip, I noticed that before the tutor even started talking about any problems with the paper, she talked about the student's interest in the topic and his goal in coming to the writing center.