A Pest Ghost! Er, I mean... a Guest Post! ...Or Was I Right the First Time?

Geia sas, agapati filia moy! Yes, it's all Greek to you... for the annual Labor Day Greek Festival is going on in Columbus and I'm a-gonna be there this year. w00t! Er, I mean... OPA!! I am an admitted Hellephile (and no, that doesn't mean I molest people named Helen), so I'm all happy about going.

I hope you all enjoy your long weekend! Don't get pulled over by cops or anything. Don't burn any body parts on the grill.

...No, there's really nothing special about this post. I just wanted to post.

From the coast.

As a ghost.

...with some toast.

Shutting up now.

Two Great Tutors

Yes, we lost Tim and Kelly at the end of Spring quarter as they transitioned to Shawnee University, but most recently, we've lost BRANDI and KATIE!

Brandi has tutored for ages and we will certainly miss her expertise and charm. Kent State's MA program is certainly lucky to have her. However, we know that no matter what Brandi does, she will excel and bring back lots of new stories with her visits to the Writing Center. Perhaps we will even be treated with an occasional guest blog . . .

And Katie is off to Muskingum to study our ever-pressing environmental issues. Will she survive dorm life? Will she find a handy Starbucks or Subway? Who will create our fliers and bookmarks? We will miss you Katie, and we hope you find a fantastic niche at Muskingum where they appreciate you as much as we did/do!

Visit anytime, folks!

Is this what we do?

Found this site, which seems more like a game to me.

http://www.telescopictext.com/

Somehow this seems like what I do as a tutor, but the angle is unclear. Do we as tutors build three word sentences into short essays? Or do we cut all the stuff out about the choice of biscuit and the color of the sky? And what are digestive biscuits?

Bye Bye Katie & Brandi!

Go ahead, leave us here to mourn your previous contributions. Like you really loved us anyway! No, I don't believe you! You SAY, you liked it here. If that's true, why are you both leaving? Oh, I see how it is, you think you're going to run off and "better yourselves." HA! Fools you both are! Remember, the devil you know is always better than the devil you don't know! Someday you'll both look back and realize what you left behind. And when you do...you'll rejoice with song and dance. That's when those of back at the ranch will know how cold and calculated you both were about "getting out." Yes, yes, one of these days you'll both get what's comming to you...a degree from a fine institution of higher learning. Good luck guys! We'll miss you both!

EBSCO Host Database

Thanks to all who participated in the EBSCO Host
database training on Friday.

Although the training was brief, I think those of us
who attended picked up a couple of useful skills
for searching EBSCO.

If you missed the session and would like more information,
contact Sarah Dilley at dilleys@ohio.edu .

Hypothetically Speaking

In Nicole Kraemer Munday's essay "(Non)Meeting of the Minds," she offers a close analysis of a tutoring scenario in which the tutee is actually empowered enough to take control of a writing session, only to have it flop.


What went wrong? If you were Sally, how would you have handled the situation? At which point?


Somewhere in your post, analyze your own tutoring approach--are you "nondirective or directive" (18)? Explain.

Can we aim for Wednesday, August 20 as a pseudo-deadline?