[Bkn-english-646-fall-2009] Chapter 7

[Christopher Banks]

Christopher Banks
Professor Malinowitz
Individual and Small Group Writing Instruction
October 21, 2009

                                                                                     Chapter
  7

    As a tutor and a student I know the anticipatory exuberance and  
sometimes the foreboding dread of receiving a paper that has been  
illuminated with black, red and even green corrections.  I remember  
wanting to receive as many marks as the professor would give me.  What  
disappointed me greatly was a grade-espeacially a bad one- with little  
to no markings. Students often run the through a range of emotions and  
have often come to tutoring with their papers as well as their  
thoughts about the professor's comments.  Some enjoy what the comments  
represent,the attention and careful consideration paid to their work  
by the professor, while others are almost angered by the fact that  
there were so many comments, while others still don't mind the  
comments when the comments are legible and not in access.  Chapter 7  
attempts to put forth these issues to prepare and help the tutor for  
students who have received feedback from their professors.   
Shockingly, I have had several tutoring experiences where tutees have  
not bothered to look at the comments of a professor.  I ask because I  
have had several experiences with students who looked at me funny when  
I ask them if they have asked their professors questions about the  
comments on the student's paper.  Once again I play the mediator  
between the teacher and the student. 
  
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