Week 2 Questions- Elizabeth





Hello All,

Here are some questions for class today. :)


1) It was interesting reading about the "many hats" tutors wear. I particularly liked the bit about being a collaborator with the writer, helping them think through ideas and offering your own. It strikes me as being a really authentic way to engage someone. As the book points out, this could also become a problem if the writer relies on your ideas more than their own or if the tutor is "overzealous" (haha).  I suppose it entirely depends on the writers you are working with, but I'm interested to see how many students come in, as the comic in chapter 2 suggests, simply to have someone else do most of the work for them and how to navigate that as a tutor, while acknowledging that some people just aren't as interested in a topic or a class in the same way you might be.

2) I'm curious how many students in the enrollment program are in it because they are enrolled in Rhet 1010: writing for academic success.  Other than that, how do students hear about the writing center and get involved? What is the major way the writing center attracts enrollment students? Does the writing center have students that stay in enrollment programs throughout college? Or do students typically use the program semester to semester? I suppose I ask because I'm excited by how beneficial it would be to work with writers from week to week, rather than a one-shot session (which is what most writing centers I have experienced offer).

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