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Writing labs exist. What’s the existence of tutoring and assistance have to do with anything?

• sarchertech 1y ago
  The OP was saying that paid student proctors couldn’t possibly be caring. I pointed out that most of the student assistants in similar positions were in fact very caring.
  • nxobject 1y ago
    I've done both – in my undergrad I staffed a drop-in help night for a required freshman comp class, and later on in grad school I made extra cash proctoring a "alternate testing center" for students needing retakes and ADA accommodations. I can see the comparison to drop-in homework help centers. But as a test proctor my job was to get out of the way of students as much as possible while keeping things quiet – I'm not sure it's worth idealizing as "caring".
    • sarchertech 1y ago
      I think the author’s description was closer to a homework help lab than to a traditional test proctoring center. I see no reason why you couldn’t aim for that.