Observation #2

For my second observation at the writing center I was able to observe a girl that needed help with her paper she wrote for Abnormal Psychology.  The tutor I observed at first skimmed through the assignment to get a better understanding of what was needed from the student. The format of the paper was somewhat off when asked what format the professor requested the student said MLA. The tutor then began to explain give her an explanation about the difference between MLA and APA. I observed that this conversation went on longer than expected and the session was not entirely spent on helping the student with the paper but more so on the formatting. I felt like this was a little odd and that the student would not get the right assistance she would need with her paper, also the tutor took a second during the session to go and grab her laptop so that she could show the student different websites that helps people who have difficulty with citations. As far as the students paper , she  had some stuff highlighted in a different color when this was brought to the tutors attention she said that these were some of the things she was confused about and wanted to know if she had wrote the sentences correctly.(I thought this idea was BRILLIANT!!)  . The tutor saw that the student had some issues with run-on sentences and the use of comma slice so she gave her a few worksheets to do at home or leisure time. We ended the session with the student asking if the writing center would be able to help her with writing her college essay because she is planning on transferring to another school. This observation was not that great I think my first observation was better because I got to see how the tutor helped her students with their paper. Hopefully my third observation will be better J