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    Alain Guedes has completed the required 20 service hours for successful completion of ENG 6010. He only tutored two students whose first language was English. The most important thing he learned tutoring in The WRT was how essential it is to be flexible.

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    Alain Guedes has completed the required 20 service hours for successful completion of ENG 6010. He only tutored two students whose first language was English. The most important thing he learned tutoring in The WRT was how essential it is to be flexible.

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    AlainGuedes

    ENGL6010
    Prof.Wallis
    21April2015

    TutoringReflection

    VerificationofcompletionofWRTZoneTutoringHours
    ThiscertifiesthatAlainGuedeshascompletedtherequired20servicehoursrequiredfor
    successfulcompletionofENG6010.
    JuleR.Wallis

    DiversityframedmyexperienceintheWRT.Notjustculturalandlinguisticdiversity,
    whichcertainlyplayedacentralrole,butmoresodiversityinwriterability,academicdiscipline,
    andmotivation.IonlytutoredtwostudentswhosefirstlanguagewasEnglish.Ididnttutora
    singlestudentfrommyconcentrationsinEnglishorhistory.Icertainlyneverworkedonthe
    sameassignmenttwice,andIneverhadstudentsfromthesameclass.Ilearnedabouteverything
    fromwindshieldwiperstothehistoryofspiritualityinnursing.TheWRTistheonlyplaceIve
    everspokenFrenchoncampus.BeforeIstartedtutoringIhadanotionthatIdbeworkingona
    lotoffiveparagraphpapers,orinotherwords,thepapersIknewhowtowrite.Actually,I
    helpedwriterswithlabreports,ethnographies,onepageexecutivesummaries,andevena
    dissertation.Iworkedwithwriterswhohaddifficultieswithlowerorderissueslikesubjectverb
    agreementandwriterswhoreallystruggledwithhigherorderissueslikeorganizationandscope.
    Forme,themostimportantthingIlearnedtutoringintheWRTwashowessentialitisto
    beflexible.ItwassortofsurprisingtomehowIneededtocallonallaspectsofmyeducation,
    bothpersonalandacademic,toadapttoeachsituationandsupporteachwriteraccordingly.My
    knowledgeofromancelanguageshelpedmediscoveragrammarissuethatwasplaguinga
    speakerofPortuguese.Acrudeunderstandingofmechanicshelpedanengineerfleshoutanidea
    foramotorhewasdesigning.Ihelpedastudentwithanethnographyusingamuseumsonline
    catalogue.IgenuinelydidthinkthatmostoftheworkIdbedoinginthewritercenterwould
    focussedonwritingmechanicsandorganizationasIhadknownthem,butacquiringabasic
    understandingofthevarietyofdisciplineswentalongwayinnotonlyestablishingaworking
    relationshipwithwriters,butinactuallyfiguringouthowtobestsupporttheirwritingfroma
    technicalstandpoint.
    OnepointtheBedfordGuidemadewasthatthetaskofwritingapapercanbedaunting.I
    reallygotasenseofthatintheWRT.Writerswouldcomeinflusteredorsoundingreally
    concerned.Imreallyreluctantaboutdiscussinghowrewardingitcanfeeltoseethedifference

    intheirattitudestowardstheirwritingwhentheyfirstcameintothewritingcomparedtotheir
    attitudeswhentheyleft,butwhetherornotIactuallygavethemsoundtechnicaladviceorhelped
    writersearnabettergradeperhapsthemostimportantthingabouttutoringisthatyoure
    mitigatingthatfear.Writingapaperdoesnotneedtobeasoloordeal.Youcanandshouldask
    forhelp.ItriedtoimpressthisoneverystudentinallmyclassesiftheWRTcameup.Frankly
    ImembarrassedIhaventmadeanappointmentformyself.Oneofmyfavoritethingsabout
    genretheoryistheideathatwritingisasocialendeavour,andmyexperienceintheWRT
    definitelyreflectedthat.
    WithregardstoprojectthreeIthoughtaboutthekindsofquestionsIdbeaskingstudents
    intheWRTandwhatkindsofquestionsIdbeaskingstudentsontheprojectthreeassignments.
    Questionsthatreflectedtherhetorical,situational,andsocialaspectsofwritingworkedbothin
    theWRTandprojectthree.

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