Fannie and Morgan

In Monday's class, we had two group discussions on articles in The St. Martin's Sourcebook for Writing Tutors. Both articles actually seemed to tie into together, but the one that stood out the most in my mind was the different opionions and issues surrounding Fannie's story. I think that the complete lack of interest on the part of Morgan when she was tutoring Fannie (and others) should be seen as a failure in the eyes of a tutor. The simplest issues that Fannie was having (pausing frequently) could have either been avoided or seriously improved if Morgan had taken the time to figure out WHAT was causing those, instead of just assuming she knew. This relates back to the first article, about the relevance of a tutoring session, and relating it to a therapy session. Whereas I don't think Morgan needed to learn Fannie's life story, I do think she should've take the time to reach out a bit to her, to find out some of her background, before they moved on to the future.