presentation

So i was observing Noah's presentation of I movie today and i was struck by some thoughts. The presentation was fairly straightforward, but what struck me was the students themselves. they began the presentation by asking if anyone had been to the center before and explained what it was. First off, no one responded with "yes" to the first question. their professor knows Noah well and seems familiar with the center, yet none of her students had been here previousy. more interesting was the lack of interest on their faces when they were describing the benefits of the center. Natalie had trouble getting anyone to answer "no" to whether or not they had been there and i was expecting them to fall asleep while they were presenting. this is so sad. we as tutors are so excited to write certainly, but more interested in helping others improve their writing. on a personal level, i enjoy tutoring because i love the smile i get when people leave a successful conference and i ask them if they feel better about their paper. i feel like i'm accomplishing something, that i have a purpose. considering the amount that each of us care about our jobs, it seems reasonable that other people would be happy to expect the help we are so willing to offer. it doesn't matter how much we want to make someone a better writer- the reality is that if the student doesn't want to improve, they won't. is this a problem that can be addressed? is the issue about awareness of the center? or is it lack of motivation to get help? i can't tell you how many times i considered going to a professor's office hours because i hadn't done well on a previous exam but decided not to- not because i didn't want or appreciate the help, but because i was afraid to admit to myself that i really needed it or more often, i had something better to do. this is definitely something i would like to explore more after we get out of this class. how can we motivate students? how can we show them that we are actually very nice and this place is helpful, not scary or boring or anything bad? how can we get students to be more aware that the center exists and to remember once we've told them? does anyone have any ideas?