So I went to the tutoring lab for the second time this week and it was very different from the last observation. It was different because I observed another tutor and this time the tutor was tutoring two students at the same time. I found it to be a bit hectic for him because it was as if he was trying to rush one student just to attend the other. One student had just came to this country so he needed more help with his putting his thoughts together and with his spelling/grammar. The other student didn't need much help and already knew what she wanted to write about. The student who had just came to this country needed more guidance with his criminal justice paper which took up majority of the session. This student had to discuss why he feels guns should be prohibited and how people would benefit from this. Although the student had at least three pages of work, the student didn't really seem to have a sense of direction for his paper. His paper did not have a main idea/thesis and his paper was contradicting his personal views. The tutor had to break down his paper and speak to him just to have an idea of what kind of point he was trying to get across to his readers.
On the other hand, the girl was only there to revise a paper that her professor gave back to her with comments. She had to revise her photo essay and with her essay she had to provide an interview about a student who is attending LaGuardia. The only problem is that she didn't provide an interview along with the pictures that she had provided with the photos so therefore it was hard for the tutor to help her complete her revision. However, he did help her with her grammar mistakes in the paper. The only issue that I had with this tutoring session was that he seemed to be rushing the student with the photo essay out of the session. Every question she had, he would vaguely answer the question then get back to the other student. I thought it was a bit rude of him to do that. I felt like she should've been more considerate that he was also tutoring her and should've thoroughly answered all of her questions and concerns.
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ReplyDeleteHi tiffany, your experience was enjoyable. I enjoyed the fact that you were not afraid to write the negative side of the tutoring secession. I had a similar experience in which there were two student for one tutor and I did not like it at all because I felt like my paper did not get the attention it deserved, since the other student needed help with his grammar.
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