I went to the writing center for observation for three times this week. My first two sessions were really good comparatively to today's last session. At the first session, the tutor was very friendly and polite with the student and with me also. He introduced me with the student and started the session. He made eye contact through the entire session. He did not imply his own ideas or words into the writers's writing. I found it really significant that despite the fact that the student was a newcomer to this country and having a great trouble expressing her ideas the tutor remained so calm and patient with her. He did not rush at all. He kept asking questions to her and tried to find more about her ideas. He gave her proper feedback whenever she needed, did not waste time to correct grammar. The student requested for another session, he provided his schedule. I appreciate that he even took a moment to know if I had any questions regarding the session. I learned that if every tutor helps the way he helped it would be very beneficial for foreign students. Asking a lot of questions and patience can really  help overcome the language barrier.
   
      The second session was nice as well. The tutor introduced herself and the student to me. She was friendly but firm. She asked questions to the student and from her previous draft she helped to find her own thesis sentences by herself. She  encouraged her to come up with new ideas and help her to organize the paragraphs into a lined graphic paper. She had a dictionary and work citation book available on the table. She provided proper feedback whenever needed. At the end she told her to come back with the essay if she needs. She suggested that she might need some changes in her writing.

        The third and last session of the week did not seem very successful to me. The tutor seemed tired and irritated from the beginning. He did no care to introduce himself to the two students. He juggled with both writings. One student was pretty done with the essay, just needed help with work citation. It was really interesting to see that the tutor had no idea about certain type of citation style. He looked for here and there for something then brought another elderly person who helped the student with his knowledge. While he was helping the student the tutor turned to the other student. He did not care about the topic of her writing or any ideas. He just kept reading and correcting grammatical errors. He just rushed through the whole essay and did not talk about any new ideas. The other student left at the meantime. The tutor then somehow finished his reading the whole essay and suggested her to correct grammar using a dictionary at home. He did not ask if she had any concerns or different ideas or she needed to come again. He just left.