On Monday, our class took a trip to the English 101 class to begin one-on-one, or one-on-two tutoring sessions. It was finally time to put what we learned into action and apply it. When we walked in we were introduced to the class and randomly sat with a student. With all the information I learned to prepare me for this moment I was still nervous and forgot how to even begin. After I introduced myself, I let the student know why I was there because he seemed a little confused. I asked him if I can read his paper. While I was reading it to myself, he just sat there on his phone, and it felt like it took me forever to read it knowing he was waiting on me. After I was done, I was still a bit nervous so I took out my notes from class which was basically a check list of what our mission was.
Having this as a reference made me feel better. I first asked him why he decided to be for gentrification rather than against. He told me why and I felt the automatic need to become defensive because his opinions were different than mine. Instead I shared what I knew of the matter and in return he expanded on his points, then I told him, what you just told me is another great point to add to the paper. Having this open discussion with him, I challenged his ideas which he seemed to benefit from. He had a strong opinion and great facts but they were crammed together. I underlined his thesis which consisted of a list of reasons he was for gentrification. I told him to use each of these aspects as a form of an outline and use each one for a paragraph or even page. After we went over the whole paper, the conversation seemed to die out a little and I didn't know how to deal with it. That's when my professor saw our session was over and asked if I would work with another student who came into class late.
This student just had an outline and didn't seem to care much. I read his thesis and he was also for gentrification. His points were valid, and supported the thesis but they all seemed to be focused around the same concept of safety of the neighborhood. As we were discussing why he felt why this was most important it led to other issues he can use to prove his point. He asked me how he can incorporate a quote. That is when I whipped out my copy of 'They Say, I Say' and showed him exactly how quotes can be incorporated into the sentence. It was extremely helpful to him.
I thought overall this session was successfully for my first time tutoring. I feel like from now on I will feel a bit more comfortable. I am definitely looking forward to it!
Having this as a reference made me feel better. I first asked him why he decided to be for gentrification rather than against. He told me why and I felt the automatic need to become defensive because his opinions were different than mine. Instead I shared what I knew of the matter and in return he expanded on his points, then I told him, what you just told me is another great point to add to the paper. Having this open discussion with him, I challenged his ideas which he seemed to benefit from. He had a strong opinion and great facts but they were crammed together. I underlined his thesis which consisted of a list of reasons he was for gentrification. I told him to use each of these aspects as a form of an outline and use each one for a paragraph or even page. After we went over the whole paper, the conversation seemed to die out a little and I didn't know how to deal with it. That's when my professor saw our session was over and asked if I would work with another student who came into class late.
This student just had an outline and didn't seem to care much. I read his thesis and he was also for gentrification. His points were valid, and supported the thesis but they all seemed to be focused around the same concept of safety of the neighborhood. As we were discussing why he felt why this was most important it led to other issues he can use to prove his point. He asked me how he can incorporate a quote. That is when I whipped out my copy of 'They Say, I Say' and showed him exactly how quotes can be incorporated into the sentence. It was extremely helpful to him.
I thought overall this session was successfully for my first time tutoring. I feel like from now on I will feel a bit more comfortable. I am definitely looking forward to it!
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