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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 […]

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 went to observe a tutoring session, I originally scheduled my observation with Princess, and I ended up observing Princess and Marissa at the exact time. Of course, it was very difficult and hard to keep up with them both, but the fact that they were two different types of tutors made it easier […]

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 […]

Being a Puerto Rican woman in America isn’t always the easiest task especially when you grow up in a household of Spanglish and slang. When I was little, I struggled with grammar and writing in general because of my dialect that I grew up around. This was a problem for my teachers, so they suggested […]