First Session

     My first two tutoring sessions were a success. I initially went into the RWC feeling extremely nervous, but when I met my first tutee, Makayla, I immediately felt more at ease. Makayla was prepared for the session, seeking a finalized revision for her Garnet and Gold society application. We discussed her application, going through her answers to all the specific questions that the application asked. The student's answers to these questions were based on the student's past experiences in the medical field through internship, international travels, and personal experiences. She had a very clear, concise writing style, with very few errors, making revision much less difficult. She also had a wonderful variety of experiences through her internships and travels that were very interesting to read about. Makayla and I revised a few minor grammatical errors in her application answers, and brainstormed a few more examples of experiences that she could add to enrich her responses. Once her responses are finalized, Makayla will allow her instructor to read through her application one last time for a final revision before submission. I felt that our session went really well and I truly enjoyed working with Makayla.

     My second session was with Justine, a student working to finalize her paper for a criminal justice class. I was very fortunate that my first two tutoring sessions were both involving final revisions. Justine and I discussed her research paper, which was centered around the topic of good and evil in society, and how evil overcomes good in many social situations and why. Justine’s paper talked a lot about the Trayvon Martin case, and the Stanford Prison experiment. Her writing style, like Makayla’s, was very clean and had very few errors. Justine had a few questions about MLA formatting, though her paper was already almost perfectly formatted, regarding MLA standards. I proofread her paper, which was wonderfully written with very strong points and a great thesis. A few very minor grammatical errors were corrected. Justine seemed pleased with the final product, ready for submission that same day. I left the RWC feeling extremely happy and lucky regarding the tutees I was able to work with and how both sessions went that afternoon. I am really looking forward to next week.