The post that I found the most interesting was the second one with John Folkerth. The reason I found this one the most interesting is because of the fact that I had a client with pretty much the same situation. Just like John, I sat next to my client, she brought all her materials and I was supposed to help her figure out some numbers for the presentation that she was going to have the next day. She was very prepared; she was just having problems figuring out some of the formulas. I was honest with her; I told her that I had not been through this because of the fact that I didn’t have to do this presentation. My presentation was very different from hers. Hers had to do with a lot of numbers, formulas, and calculating. We figured everything out together, which is why John’s case reminds me of my session. The whole session took an hour. It was the longest session I have had so far this semester. She was very happy with the results and I’m positive that she was going to do well in her presentation.
All these posts remind me of the training sessions we had. The tutors did the right things by leading the students to their answers and not telling them the answer. The tutors also reviewed with them at the end of the sessions to make sure that they had taken in all the information. Most of the clients were different, some were really quiet like in Julia Humphrey’s case, and some thought out loud like in Margaux’s session. This is something that we were taught at the training and we can never forget. Students are different people and they learn in different ways. We as tutors have to adapt to the situation.
