farewell apprentice

I had my last session with my 103 student on sunday. I throughly enjoyed this session and I felt this time there was a lot more I had to work with. It wasn't merely because the paper was a lot longer than the other ones. I think I knew how to better speak to the writer with more organization. It felt good to talk about the organization and not be startled by his questions which did not fall in the organization and style category and then move onto grammar issues. Although many times I wished there was a handbook that we had to memorize to know exactly what to do in every tutoring situation, I have actually created that handbook on my own. The best part of the session was when we ran out of time and I still had more to say! Knowing the identity and role of a tutor really helped me have more of a successful time.