Key To a Succesful Tutoring Session

What do I believe to be the key to a successful tutoring session? Well for one even if a student doesn't walk out of a tutoring session with a complete paper that doesn't really mean the session was unsuccessful now if the student walks out of there still not understanding the assignment they have to do or if they don't have any ideas then that would be an unsuccessful session in my opinion. I believe what can be a successful tutor session is when a student and tutor understand each other. If tutor or the tutee can't understand what the other is talking about then that is an unsuccessful tutor session in my opinion. 

Second Writing Center Observation

My second observation wasn't focused on the low order concerns. This student had a paper that was due that day in less then 2 hours. She had most of the paper done but she had writers block when it came to the third paragraph and the conclusion. The student said she had came to a tutor before and when she was sitting down with this one, she metioned something different then what the tutor before had said. With this student, the student focused on the high order concerns more than the low order concerns. She praised the student for a point she made and then asked her which side was she taking, for or aganist. With this student, there are a lot of high order concerns being focused on and taled about. The tutor is also throwing ideas out on what else she can possible put in the paper. She asked the student how she felt about the subject and then suggested that she can put that in her paper as well. The tutor pointed of the thesis of the paper with ease and gave her ideas on how she can draw up the conclusion. What I felt like that was important was that the tutor didn't tell the student exactly what to write but she her ideas on what to possibly include in the paper

First Writing Center Observation

First I would like to say that visiting the writing center is not what I expected. It actually turned out pretty good. First off the tutor was a nice young lady and had a soft voice. The first thing the tutor asked when the session started was what was the student working on. When the student opened her laptop, I'm guessing a picture of her son or daughter showed up. After that they kind of went to a personal level but then quickly got back on topic. The student told her what she was working on and that she only had a paragraph. The tutor said that was fine and then she read out loud what the student wrote. With this particular student, the tutor had to focus on a lot of low order concerns, like punctuality, grammatical errors, and when certain words should be used. The tutor helped her by giving her two different sheets of paper: one about prepositions and the other about articles. After they went over that, they read the paper again and the tutor asked her what else do you think you can add? They added a little more and the student seemed to be satisfied with what she had.