Pre-Thoughts

Tonight we launch into the tutoring session.

I will start out with a confession: I've never really tutored, outside of helping a few friends, family, or English classmates on their papers. With my friends and family it's really laid back and we just chat about their paper in a nonchalant way. English classmates are also generally easy going, though more is required and some serious analysis of the paper is necessary to help them. I'm not really sure what to expect from these students, since they don't really fit into the categories I've dealt with. I'm hoping that with these students, I might be able to help them seriously, but I don't want to tear their papers apart and make them lose confidence. I mean, I don't mind tearing apart my friends' and family's papers because they know I really care and they understand, and with English classmates that's what they love. I'm not too worried about it though, and I will simply try to point them in the right direction without controlling their paper. Seeing as I'm one of those who can hardly stop herself from correcting grammar while revising others' papers, I will try to focus on ideas and whatnot, though an occasional grammar correction might slip through to release the tension I get from not correcting grammar.

Anyways, I look forward to tonight's two hour tutoring experience, and I expect to have a good time.