How I feel about becoming a tutor

The thought of becoming a tutor is exciting to me. I really love English and writing and I want to be able to get others to at least become more confident in their writing. I cannot say yet how productive I will be but I am hopeful that my passion for writing will speak for itself when the time comes and I'll be effective. Most importantly, I want the students I'll be tutoring to understand why certain issues in whatever they write need to be resolved. I hope I'm able to relay the information accurately so that they'll actually understand why what I point out needs attention and not make the same mistakes again. That is definitely my biggest aspiration and my biggest concern.

What I have learned about being a writing tutor & how I feel about becoming one

My experience yesterday in the writing center was as I expected. The tutor we observed noticed many grammatical errors in his students writing works and focused on fixing those problems. This kind of mixes me up, especially since I tend to focus on the grammar above all things, myself. We're told that the issue of grammar isn't supposed to be the main focus of the paper and I have to admit, I tend to disagree with that system so that will definitely be a challenge for me.
Time management is something I've learned. It's very important and yet quite challenging to provide each student a session that is benefiting to them in such a short amount of time. Each student is in need of special assistance and deserves their fair amount of time with the tutor so it is imperative that the tutor be mindful of that.

Why I said what to Sohyun and Eeping

When reading Sohyun's post about symbolism and tone in her poem, I thought her writing was great, didn't need that much help from me and enjoyed reading her essay. I let her know I thought she was on the right track and my HOC was about her details. I would have liked to have read a little more about why symbols in the poem were so significant.
Stephanie's essay was also good. I found in hers however, she gave the symbols and tone the same example and I didn't feel like she took the time to develop exactly what it was she thought set them apart and that the essay would have been more pronounced if she went further into it.