While observing Sarah and Phil in the tutoring session, I noticed a few things about myself. First of all, I did not feel nervous or under any pressure during the exercise, as I am sure Phil might have. Secondly, as a tutor outside of class, getting the chance to observe Phil, who is also a fellow tutor, was a great experience. One that was very different from when I was hired and expected to observe tutors that were not all rookie's. Back then, I observed five sessions (just like everyone else). However, at the time I did not have a lot of experience to base my judgement or knowledge of "how to" off of anything. Therefore, I do not know if I absorbed as many techniques, methods, and/or ways of tutoring as I did today.
It was nice to hear and watch Phil work and help Sarah because I took in more of what was going on and applied it to how I could approach things in my own tutoring sessions.
I hope this is not confusing because I am just trying to say that I learned a lot by observing Phil. I think he is a great tutor and he did do a few things that might be improved on. However, just like everyone else, he is still human and there will always be something to improve. Overall, I think I gained more from today's exercise than I did originally when I got hired as a tutor. Is that good or bad? I do not know. Hopefully, it comes off as a good thing. Besides, it's a learning process and I think that is what I am doing!
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