http://blog.lib.umn.edu/hoga0094/rta/ en-us 2004-12-11T13:59:11-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/hoga0094/rta/012436.html I first became extremely interested in the issue of style in academic reading when I confronted a co-worker of mine at the writing center who had sent an e-mail to the entire staff at the center, including our boss, about... hoga0094 2004-12-11T13:59:11-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/hoga0094/rta/012393.html I think my research paper is finally coming together. I realized I want to expand my research question to both "how important is the issue of style in the writing center?" and "how do you go about teaching it?" and... hoga0094 2004-12-10T12:59:55-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/hoga0094/rta/012269.html The more I think about my teaching philosophy the more it reminds me of my literacy autobiography. I feel like I'm supposed to show my former ignorance, and then show what happened to me that made me get to where... hoga0094 2004-12-09T01:23:12-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/hoga0094/rta/012219.html When I first started working at the writing center I didn't know what the difference between a writing tutor and an editor was, and I was devestated when I read the article that explained the difference before the second day... hoga0094 2004-12-08T14:49:26-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/hoga0094/rta/012200.html I think I'm getting close to some potential conclusions for my research paper. In analyzing my interviews I'm realizing that most of my interviewees were really reluctant to say that they teach style in the writing center. When I was... hoga0094 2004-12-08T11:03:47-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/hoga0094/rta/011117.html I'm currently working on a Frankenstein paper. It was due on Friday. I spent the better part of the weekend stressing out over it. I kept going through a vicious cycle of sitting down and trying to write the paper,... hoga0094 2004-11-22T18:01:22-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/hoga0094/rta/009141.html My parents are watching the O'Reilly Factor right now. He just congratulated the American people for not being swayed by the European left in the election. He's such an idiot. I also had sort of a difficult student today. She... hoga0094 2004-11-04T20:29:25-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/hoga0094/rta/008373.html On Thursday I had a student come in with a law school application essay. He came in because his advisor had read his essay, and in a round about and encouraging way, she had told him that his essay was... hoga0094 2004-10-24T15:48:28-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/hoga0094/rta/007668.html I just had a student that was rather upset about an assignment. You know how some teachers say "take home test" when they mean "you have to write two papers and they're due on the same day." That's what her... hoga0094 2004-10-14T14:56:25-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/hoga0094/rta/006865.html I was confused after my getting tutored by Peter. I was using a really informal style in the draft I brought him, and I was still struggling with whether or not I used enough analysis. I told him these were... hoga0094 2004-10-05T14:22:36-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/hoga0094/rta/006618.html I've started to notice a trend in the advice I'm giving to students. I've been getting a lot of Freshman comp students and other lit courses, which works out well with the whole English Major thing, but I seem to... hoga0094 2004-10-01T13:07:44-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/hoga0094/rta/006076.html I just had a student who wrote a paper last night and just wanted a second opinion on it. "Are you having any problems with it that you'd like to talk about?" I asked. "No, I just want a second... hoga0094 2004-09-23T15:54:48-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/hoga0094/rta/005435.html I had my first student today. It went really well. I wasn't expecting to have a student on my first day, so I didn't have time to be nervous, but all of my fears of having nothing to say or... hoga0094 2004-09-14T20:29:31-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/hoga0094/rta/005117.html "Talking in the Middle" taught me a little about being a writing tutor, but mostly just frustrated me. It made me more comfortable to start my new job by depicting writing tutors as middle men between teachers and students and... hoga0094 2004-09-09T15:43:03-06:00