Indigo Fleming-Powers continues the quest of defining the benefits that tutors gain from being tutors. She claims that there must be more to gain than the "warm fuzzy feeling that comes with helping others."
This is what she finds after interviewing her colleagues in the writing center:
"When I asked, “What are some of the benefits you feel you have acquired from being a writing tutor?” I received answers that coincided with my own and a few that hadn’t occurred to me. On the personal level [some tutors] feel that they have gained knowledge on a diversity of subjects and learned about different cultures. [They] also claims that tutoring “helps interpersonal skills,” which is something I too have observed in myself. In the same vein, [other tutors] state that they have acquired “better communication skills.” [Also that they] have learned “how to relate to people and not step too much on their feelings.”
In the article, Fleming-Powers further explores the specific answers she received in questioning her colleagues about the gains and benefits of being a tutor.
Again, this is another article that is really encouraging for tutors to continue being tutors!
https://writinglabnewsletter.org/archives/v25/25.2.pdf (page 12)
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