Final Journal Reflection

As the end of the semester drew close the anxiety in the writing center increased tremendously. I was bombarded by so many different questions from students. They ranged from not understanding how to do an annotated bibliography to brainstorming. When it came to the annotated bibliographies the most common problem was they quoted the source in the summary. I explained why they shouldn't use direct quotes in the summary. When it came to students needing help getting their brain working I gave them prompts or slight hints and they would take off from there. I would often reassure them that its just thoughts kinda like brain vomit and it does not have to be perfect its just a matter of getting it on paper. There were also some random problems with grammar which were easily fixed by simply telling them the "rule," giving them an example, fixing one with them in their paper, then allowing them to fix the rest. It has been a great semester. I learned a lot from all of the students along with my fellow tutors.