As tutors we come into contact with dozens of essays, projects and presentations every week, through our writers. As we comment on and nudge along in our…
Category: Peer Writing Tutoring
Reflections on tutor’s professional experiences and poignant advice about the role itself; challenges they faced and/or victories with their important teachings; the divergent writerly genres one might encounter; and the scope of such position beyond the Writing Center
After several conversation appointments where I was asked about the origin of common phrases, I had to ask: what does it mean to “scream bloody murder”? What is…
Conversation appointments come with a host of issues that tutors who primarily tutor might not have even considered. I can confidently say that I’ve had more conversation…
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Tales of a New Tutor
Meet Allana. 23 years old. Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. Completely terrified, yet totally excited about becoming a tutor here at DePaul University’s Center for Writing-based…
Coming back for my second year at the UCWbL is a totally different experience than it was last year. Sure, the tutoring is the same and nothing…
Tutors are born problem solvers, but it’s hard to solve a problem when you can’t find a word for it. How many of these writing tutor-related terms…
As a MA student applying to the Writing Center one year ago, I didn’t really think that being employed as a tutor would change how I write. …
This past Friday Elise N. and I hosted the last inservice of the 2011-2012 academic year, “A Conversation about Discrimination in Tutorials.” Our overall goal was to…
No one likes to be pitied, and it’s important to remember that fact in tutorials as well as daily life. A good way to avoid appearing like…
“I want to look at a poem I’ve been working on.” My writer uttered these words at the beginning of a tutorial last week, and the phrase…