RE: editing

[richard m marshall <marshall@uindy.edu>]

Ellen,

I think you are not off-base at all.  Face-to-face contact is essential.

Rick Marshall
Univ. of Indianapolis

On Mon, 27 Apr 1998, Ellen Mohr wrote:

> David's request opens some concerns I have had about on-line tutoring.
> Our writing center answers specific "hotline-type" questions on-line,
> but we have discouraged students from sending us papers via e-mail. Our
> rationale is that to do so is similar to just dropping off papers in the
> center for us to review and make comments on. For appropriate
> student-tutor dialogue and student centered sessions we need
> face-to-face contact. Am I way off-base?
> 
> > ----------
> > From: 	Eric Crump[SMTP:eric@serv1.ncte.org]
> > Reply To: 	wcenter@ttacs6.ttu.edu
> > Sent: 	Monday, April 27, 1998 9:57 AM
> > To: 	Multiple recipients of list
> > Subject: 	Re: editing
> > 
> > On Mon, 27 Apr 1998, Davidpee wrote:
> > ->would you please edit my paper for mechanics and content, and slo
> > could you
> > ->notify my teacher tht my paper was sent to the writing center. My
> > name is
> > ->carson andrews and I'am in diane curtis's class.
> > ->thanks
> > 
> > A veeery interesting situation. How do we respond? David is not on the
> > list, near as I can tell, so replies here will not likely reach him.
> > Do we
> > reply privately and tell him he sent his paper to the wrong place? Do
> > we
> > help him find the right place (he could, for instance, send it to MU's
> > Online Writery or other OWLs that provide help to anyone who finds
> > them). 
> > 
> > Or do we respond to his paper? 
> > 
> > He may not have meant to send it to us, but he intended to send it to
> > a
> > writing center, and in a way, he merely found more writing center than
> > he
> > bargained for! :)
> > 
> > --Eric Crump
> > 
>