I would like to write a little about my reflections of the Writing Center Theory and Practice course. It has truly been a learning experience for me, especially as an experienced writing center tutor. The projects we had to do this semester: the tutee experience at the CCNY Writing Center, the ethnographic research at St. John’s University Institute for Writing, and the visit to the library in the beginning with Dr. Gibbons all worked together to make this course a very memorable one indeed. Of course, I have definitely learned a lot from the theoretical section of the course as well. In fact, during the course of the semester, I have been trying to implement my tutoring sessions by using some of the tutoring strategies we have studied and will continue to do so.
I would like especially highlight the tutee experience gave me a delightful insight to the variety of tutors at the writing center. It opened my eyes to the reality of getting a second opinion from peers and not just from the teacher. I noticed that later on in the semester, I was able to collaborate with my classmates to revise my papers. In fact, it was a lot easier for me. This is one thing I have really learned that I value very greatly for it has broken the insecure feelings I may have had before about sharing my writing process with “an outsider” i.e. someone other than myself.
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