tutoring a friend part ii

Here is a classic example of the dangers and also pleasntries of tutoring a friend. I ran into (what i would consider an oppurtunity) of tutoring my friend the other night. I was sleeping over and she was staying up late cramming the last words into her paper that was due the next day. she asked me to edit and i was of course very willing to put my newfound tutoring skills into effect. As I went through the paper I reminded myself not to correct or change naything for her and instead highlighted anything that I thought may be incorrect or had confusion about. And as i went through the paper i realized that there was a lot of mistakes that may not be mistakes but that i only misunderstood. as i went through each sentence and tried to explain what was incorrect, i found it harder not to correct the sentence for her because the situation was pretty informal; we were both sprawled on her bed and had just finished talking about her boyfriend, we were both tired and ready to stop working, and because the situation was informal it was harder for me to ask what Brooks calls "leading questions". In some areas I succeded in helping her reach her own conclusions, and then was more directive in other areas.