WC Philosophy

To say that my WC philosophy has changed since my first description of it in September would be an understatement.

A WC should be a functional and welcoming place where students are invited to visit, without apprehension or fear that their papers will get torn to shreds by a tutor who is perceived as all-knowing professional writer.

A WC should be organized and prepared to accommodate all students seeking help from on any subject matter. The workers their should include students from the University so they can practice tutoring real people other than just reading about how to tutor.

It should also be a place that is advertised across the campus heavily, by the center itself, and also professors that promote their students, especially their freshman.

In terms of the methods that should be used...all of them. There is no right method for tutoring someone. It's a game of trial and error. What needs to be done is to have as many intelligent people taking many different approaches for helping students write better. However, there is a wrong method for tutoring, and this isn't what a WC should consist of: stuck up tutors who put down writings, a place that is cold and unwelcoming, dysfunctional, disorganized, where only one method is used and forced, i.e. garret, minimalist, etc.