Wednesday, December 2, 2015

Final response

         I got positive response from everyone that they liked the idea of my mock tutoring session followed by interview questions.  I asked the class if they think this could be done in 30 minutes and most agreed that it could.  A few suggested an hour session.  I ended up doing a 30 minute session and finished with time to spare in all 3 sessions.  One person in the class did question how ESL students worked within my research question of tutoring reading in the RWC.  Because of this, I decided to add one more question to my interview questions.  "What, if anything, would you have done differently in the tutoring session if I were an ESL student?'  In each interview, the tutor had already touched on that subject by the time we actually got to that question, showing that it actually does play a big part in their tutoring for reading, so I am glad I got the advice to add that question.
       Finally, I wanted to add a brief description of my last tutoring session which was, quite simply, the worst session I've ever had.  The student signed up for my last 30 minute slot and took up 90 minutes of my time and would not leave.  The student basically wanted me to write the essay for them and kept bringing out more work that she "needed help with."  This student simply had no respect for my time or what I had to do that day. Yes, I get it, I should have spoken up stating that I had to go and the session was over.  However, I'm a shy person, and confrontation is hard for me.  Maybe if we had actually gone over what to do in a similar situation in class where the student just won't leave, I would have been prepared.  But I was never prepared for this, and therefore had no clue how to handle the situation or how to correctly represent the RWC in the situation.  On top of it all, I basically paid FSU to be disrespected like this.  I am an unpaid tutor who in fact pays to take this class as credit, and I've never felt more used than I do now.  I am very disappointed.

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