The course website for WRI3020 with Dr. Erin Andersen
For my blog post I covered three of the readings in the week of April 2nd that consisted of questions about gender and queerness. The articles describe how they’re handled in Writing Centers. My readings were O’Leary’s, “It’s Not What You Say, But How You Say It (And To Whom): Accommodating Gender in the Writing Conference”, […]
When I first went into my solo tutoring session, I’ll admit that I was nervous. Many questions were running through my head: what if I made a mistake, what if the tutee didn’t understand me, what if I didn’t explain myself correctly? The list can go on. Thankfully, the session went smooth. I was able […]
The session started with the tutor (Will) and tutee talking about the student’s paper. The tutor made sure that he asked about the prompt and what the paper was about. Unlike my first observational session, where the student read their paper aloud, Will was the one who read the paper. By reading it, the mistakes […]
My first observational tutoring session was with Morgan at 3 o’clock. She was very polite, and I’ll admit that it was nerve-wracking to ask someone if you can observe them doing their job. Not wanting to be too apparent, I sat at a table behind Morgan and her tutee after getting permission from her to […]
My first experience in the Writing Collaboratory occurred with the situation of being tutored for this post. While I was nervous to meet my tutor and didn’t want an awkward interaction, I found the thirty minutes to be pleasant and helpful. As I stepped through the doorway, I was immediately greeted by my tutor and […]
