Tutor Week 1

I tutored this past Thursday for the first time. I was getting really nervous as I was walking over to the library but when I go there, the lady at the front desk said there were no appointments. I was really excited! So then, there was a walk in and of course my partner volunteers us to tutor!
The girl sits down and I have her fill out those two forms for the writing center. My partner asks her to read her paper out loud but the girl refuses. We just look at each other like, "OH no, now what?" The girl that wanted help didn't have her assignment sheet and she didn't have one specific area she wanted help in. She wanted us basically to proofread and find mistakes and see if it all flowed together. We started this at first but then it started getting tedious and so I told her, "Maybe you should read it out loud so you can find some of your own mistakes." She didn't seem too happy with that but you have to be firm right?

The one area she knew she needed help with was her formatting. Her spacing and indentations were all over the place and we tried to help her with it but she seemed scattered brain. She was more interested in how we thought her "flow" of the paper was than whether or not she had correct format. After 45 minutes, I had to leave for class but I'm pretty sure my partner stayed for a little while longer and tried to help. Can't wait to see what the rest of the tutoring experience is going to be like!