Re: What's in a name?

[ENGL-DMC@nich-nsunet.nich.edu]

On Wed, 12 Jul 1995 16:49:58 -0500, Marquell (JACKSON@cl.uh.edu) wrote:

>Deany,
>
>In your letter to Jim I noticed you refer to the people in your WC as 
>"consultants" and "clients". Our center has debated on what we should call 
>ourselves and the people who seek our help. We have not been able to break 
>away 
>from "tutors" and "students" because we were afraid the center would loose 
>the 
>warm reception we have worked so hard to achieve. Our walls are white which 
>gives the mood of a doctor's office and peeing in a cup. Because of this, 
>we 
>opted not to make the mood more clinical by using such titles as 
>consultants 
>and clients with hopes of comforting the student.  What do you think?

To tell you the truth, that's the system that was in use when I got to 
Nicholls in the Fall. I've been told by the Coordinator that she uses the 
terms for a more professional atmosphere. _I_ think it's because the WC is 
in competition with the long established Tutoring Services Center located 
elsewhere on campus. The WC is more of a "drop-in when you're having writing 
problems place" whereas the TSC is on a weekly-appointment-for-the-entire- 
semester system. I worked for the TSC as an undergraduate here, and I much 
prefer working in the WC as a volunteer faculty member now.

deany

Deany M. Cheramie
engl-dmc@nich-nsunet.nich.edu
Nicholls State University
Dept. of English
PO Box 2023
Thibodaux, LA 70310

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