My third visit to the Writing Center was less excited than the previous two.  Both the tutor and the tutee were very laid-back in term of discussion.  Tutee was required to submit a two pages essay for her Urban Study class.  She went and observed at Flushing Meadows Corona Park and found nothing to write with.  The interesting part was that she referred the landmark Unisphere (the monumental stainless steel globe) as a “legend” but gave up going further to provide more background information.  To my surprise, neither of them paid much attention to the requirement of the essay.  I think the assignment is about how the City uses spaces and how this effect people live and the like. Instead of guiding the tutee the main concern of the paper, the tutor decided to stay on her comfort zone focusing on the lower order concerns.  She provided the tutee a cheat sheet (made by English Center) that contents boxes to fill in like introduction, body, support and conclusion. The tutee still got some help in this visit but I felt that she should have gotten more assistance in the higher order concerns.

 This makes me think that how I can be of better assistance for tutees if I was in her shoe.  It is difficult to discuss issues that you are not familiar with.  I will surely suggest the tutee to do some researches on the topic issues, and it is very helpful to hear many different opinions.  The most important thought, is to filter and incorporate one’s own ideas.  That way the tutee should be more confident to write.