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Monday, October 6, 2014

2nd Observation... Not as exciting as the first one.

Going into the writing center the second time was not as exciting as my first experience there, this session was very short and rushed through. The tutor that I observed had horrible body language, kept on fidgeting, playing with his phone, and talk in a very low tone. I'm not too sure his shyness and nervousness occurred due to the fact I was observing him, but as a tutor it seems he was unprepared and lacked the knowledge of tutoring. 
He begins his session by telling the tutee to take out the assignment that she needs assistance in, she hands him the paper and he begins reading the student's paper aloud. It goes to show that her paper was a second draft with the professor's comments on the margins of the paper. After reading the assignment he tells her  "I agree with your prof, Grammar is a huge issue in this paper." The student begins to explain that English is a second language and grammar always have been a problem for her. He begins to work with the student on the essay's Lower Order of Concerns or LOC.
 After working on the some of Lower Order of Concerns he realizes that she needs to build a stronger thesis that can support the evidence she is showing her essay. He ends the session by telling her to fix her thesis and suggested her to come back after she has corrected her main problems to continue working on the grammatical errors.  

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