Document Type

Article

Publication Date

11-16-2018

First Page

1

Last Page

6

Abstract

The goal of this paper is to explore the differences between the roles of a tutor in the writing center and a teacher grading their student’s papers. I discuss ways in which tutor and teacher are similar as they both evaluate student’s papers but the end goal is significantly different. A tutor does not nor should they assign a grade to any paper they read in a tutoring session. One of a teacher’s primary intentions is to assign a grade to their student’s papers that reflects the feedback given. There is also a barrier, whether purposely constructed or placed by assumed roles, between teacher and student. This barrier is not as firm between a tutor and student. Each of these issues helps to construct how I want to be viewed as a teacher now and in the future.

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