catching up.

I did my first observation in January. I remember how Karissa was very polite to her tutee and gave her the time to settle down and then asked what concerns she had regarding the paper. This also happened when I observed Karissa the second time with another client. She asked the tutee to read her paper out loud and took notes as the session went on. When the tutee finished reading her essay, Karissa went over all the positives. I noticed how Karissa used this discussion to lead to the part where she felt a little confused or needed to be worded. This way, the tutee did not hear all their positives at once and become high. Nor did she hear all the negatives in their paper and become depressed. Even though I liked Karissa’s session, I feel that a strategy like that can only be carried after a long period of experience at the center. The way Karissa transitioned between the positives and negatives in the paper, as apposed to just dealing with positives first and then negatives amazed me. It also made me realize that as I gain experience at the center, I need to figure out a plan, which helps my best qualities as a minimalist-tutoring stand out.