The course website for WRI3020 with Dr. Erin Andersen
I’ve always been drawn to languages, and when I was in high school I wanted to eventually become an ESL instructor after college. I probably won’t end up pursuing this, but learning other languages still excites me. Now that I’m beginning my journey as a writing tutor, I know that I will most likely have […]
I completed my solo tutoring session during the second-to-last week of the semester, just hours before I helped out with Late Nite Writes. Princess observed my session, and when I arrived at the Writing Collaboratory we discussed tutoring for a few minutes and reviewed the appointment form, so I knew what to expect. When the […]
My co-tutoring session occurred the week before the end of the semester, at Late Nite Writes. All of the tutors were very busy: there was no shortage of tutees that wanted assistance with their writing. My tutee, an Equine Studies major, arrived at ten o’clock, and we discussed her paper for over an hour. I’m […]
I wasn’t as anxious coming into my second observation session as I was for the first. I observed Princess, and I was quite excited because she seems quieter and more reserved, like me, and I wanted to see how these qualities help her in her tutoring sessions. She regularly tutored the student that made the […]
I was quite anxious during my first tutoring observation session on March 5th, right before Writing Tutor Training. I was surprised when I arrived at the Writing Collaboratory: the appointment was scheduled for 3:15, but the tutee came earlier than expected – closer to 3:00! When I walked in around 3:10, Amanda, the tutor, was […]
I love writing, but I rarely seek tutoring, so my visit to the Writing Collaboratory seemed like a foreign experience. Since no major essays had been assigned at that point in the semester, I decided to bring the short essay that I was composing for my Theory & Literature class. I hoped that I would […]
