Thursday, March 25, 2010

How I feel about becoming a Writing Tutor

I have always thought of myself as a confident, attentive, empathetic person and teacher. The tutor I observed was exactly how I feel I will be when I tutor. Since I know I have studied the techniques and approaches to tutoring, I have even more confidence than I had before taking this class since I know the material. My earlier concerns were that the writer would have extreme expectations and, wanting an authorative tutor, they’d be disappointed at my student-centered approach. An example of my prior concerns: the writer tries to make me feel incompetent and uneasy by asking many questions and demanding answers from me or the writer vaguely answers my proposed questions and does not engage actively with me

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