SHADOWING!

I FINALLY SHADOWED A WRITING CONSULTATION!!!! Interestingly enough, it was a continuing studies student. When I first watched all the videos on writers web I was a bit skeptical of how they portrayed continuing studies students…. I mean in the video they seem completely clueless and almost want to tutor to put the words they need on paper. This student was EXACTLY like the video tutorial. She did the whole “I just… I don’t know how to get what I say on paper,” and then made that silly hand gesture. She had a lot of difficulty creating a clear argument and sticking to one side. Often times when she was making a point to show how the internet had a negative effect on family life, she made the point seem positive, and couldn’t seem to understand that. The session took one and half hours as she truly struggled, and this was her second time here for this paper. However, she did make an excellent point. At the end of the session she thanked Aleena, telling her that she was definitely going to come back to her as she felt that she was most helpful. She said that the other tutors didn’t directly write on her paper, and then when she got home she was completely lost. I thought that this was an interesting point as we are often told to not take control of the paper, but this student wanted us to as it benefited her more.