Proofreading for college-aged kid?

intparent
Sun, 13 Jul 2014 17:13:22 +0000

Most writing centers will only allow 2 appointments per assignment. And the tutors generally have training that keeps them from really doing the work for the writer. My kid had to take a full semester class before she could be a tutor in her school’s writing center – students were invited after 1st semester freshman year to sign up for the class the next semester, then started working first semester of sophomore year. I think they will point out issues with flow, if the paper does not support the thesis, if the thesis is missing, etc. But I don’t think they reword for the writer, at least are not supposed to. They also might point out things like inconsistencies in capitalization through the paper. But they don’t go through and proofread every line – although they might strongly recommend that the student do so! I think of they help they give as something like what the professor themselves might give if the student took a draft into office hours, although the professor may give more feedback on content. A writing center tutor can only do so much of that unless the paper is on a topic in their major. My D who worked in the writing center said she thought it was really interesting to read all these papers from different majors and she learned a lot doing it.