Word: tutored
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...give it a try. I hiked over to the classroom, hidden deep within that strangely inaccessible ring of studies and offices in Widener Library, and pushed open the door. As I scanned the faces of the ten people in the room, I recognized one of them: my junior tutor. It was time to go home...
...close at 1 a.m. to encourage us to sleep. But when it comes to advising and emotional support, we are suddenly treated as independent adults with no need for any kind of help. The week of the murder, Tadesse missed three of her four final exams. Shouldn't a tutor have noticed...
...Dunster murder-suicide is only the most famous example of the University's neglect of its students. Many of us don't even know our adviser's name; most are only dimly aware of the proctor or tutor who lives downstairs. These "advisers" don't make much effort to change the status quo. Instead of a cute quote in a House facebook about how they are "always available to help," tutors must actively seek out their assigned students, meet with them for meals and personally invite them to study breaks...
More importantly, the tutor system requires fundamental reform. The University should hire tutors with applicable interpersonal skills, not just absurdly prolonged graduate school careers. Further, tutors should be given more thorough mental health training than that which they currently receive. Finally, a solution must be found to the dilemma caused when our "official confidante" is also the person writing our professional recommendations...
James E. Davis, senior lecturer and head tutor of the Chemistry Department, says laboratory work can be an excellent and valuable way for some to gain work experience...