Re: selecting tutors

[gillespiep@vms.csd.mu.edu]

Mickey, I guess I have to think of my own fifteen-year-old daughter when I
see all this discussion and I have to wonder what constitutes maturity in
this context.  Annie is in her first year of high school, but she loves to
come to campus and to pass herself off as a college student;  she tries
hard to avoid showing her braces, and she tries to engage students in
discussions of Shakespeare or she recites Ionesco in French or starts
discussions on postmodernism.  In brief, she's being pretty immature for 
a mature child.  She doesn't understand the conventions of college life 
well, though she thinks she does.  I think she's wonderful, but I would 
never in a million years hire her in my writing center.  Maturity and 
good judgment are so essential for good tutoring.  My two cents.  

Paula Gillespie



On Fri, 21 Mar 1997, Muriel Harris wrote:

> 
> Sure, child labor laws might eventually apply if/when this 15-year old
> would be hired after taking the class (and if she were then chosen to
> join the staff). The suspicion of one of the tutors at the interview
> is that the girl asked this question to make sure that we knew she was
> a 15-year old genius. But as we've been discussing this all day (and
> your comments have all been really useful..and entered into our
> discussions), two of the tutors agreed that this girl could learn to
> interact with her peers in the class and that might be a major help to
> her own growth. So, of course, that leads to the question of
> prioritizing our choices on who might be a better tutor or on who
> might learn more from the class...oy...oy....what a day of heavy
> conversation.
> 
> Keep talking, friends, you're really helping us a lot!!!!!
> 
> 
> Mickey
> 
> 
> > 
> > You can't use age as a criterion if the applicant's *over 40*, but child
> > labor laws may apply to
> > hiring a 15 year old.
> > 
> > On Fri, 21 Mar 1997, Kevin Davis wrote:
> > 
> > > Mickey,
> > > I'm no legal authority, but I'm guessing that you'd best just forget the age of
> > > the applicant; I suspect that is an unacceptable criteria for decisions.
> > > 
> > > kevin
> > > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Mickey Harris
> harrism@omni.cc.purdue.edu
>