Problem Student?

[Kelly Lowe <lowekf@muc.edu>]

I have a developing situation in my writing center that I am unsure of
how to handle:

We have a Russian exchange student who is becoming increasingly
difficult in terms of accepting what help we give him.  If we don't
drop everything we are doing and immediatly attend to his needs, he
gets loud and unruly.  If we don't pick through his papers with a
fine tooth comb, he does the same (indeed, to my face--I told him I
would look at the first few pages and work with him on some error
analysis skills (his language ability is excellent) and he told me to
read and correct the whole thing--I asked him to leave after that).

The problem is political--we are a small school that worships the
students--to the point that nearly all "F's" are negotiable--and if I
were to "ban" this student, or even have the appearence of doing so,
it would be a week of Dean City for me--something I try to avoid.

Any comments?

Kelly Lowe
Director of Writing Programs
Mount Union College
Alliance, OH 44601
330/823.3153
lowekf@muc.edu
"In a world ruled by swine, all pigs are upwardly mobile." --Hunter
Thompson