Sherwood...

I think the essays we have read in this class have really made it more apparent to me how difficult and stressful a tutoring job can really be...This essay contemplates the idea of another responsibility of tutors is to censor them from making any "racial and sexist" comments in their papers. Even though it is an acceptable idea that the tutor censor them and keep them from making vulgar or unnecessary comments in a paper, it also puts a damper on the tutor-student relationship.
I think it draws some of the independence of the student's paper away from the student. I think that depending on the stance the student is trying to move toward, or the audience that the student is trying to convey, it depends on whether or not the student should be forced to change their opinion.
It's something that has to be taken lightly and seriously during the tutoring session. It's important for the tutor to maintain an amicable environment, and to not put the student down.