useful and not useful strategies as a tutor

In the videos we watched it was pretty clear that in the writing center the tutor will face many different situation with the writer. for example you could have the student that texts while she is being helped. a good way to be tutor and to handle this is by asking the student to please turn off cellphones, he could also be able to to be a role model by turning his cell phone off. the tutor could also ask the student to step outside and take care of her business. A not so good thing to do as a tutor is huffing, rolling eyeballs or even ignoring the texting because then it will become a lost session. In the writing center as a tutor you have to be aware that you will always find students with poor attitudes. a tutor should always try to keep the writer on topic and sometimes explain to the writer what your job is as a tutor. some things you should not do in a these situations are too much praising, do not do the writers work for them, and do not give them the answers to there problems. There is also another situation where the students comment plagiarism in there papers. a good tutor should explain to them why we need to give credit to the people who write the sources we use. as well reinforcing what could happen to you based on the schools policy. then there are people who take it too offence. As a tutor you do not change the paper for them, you do not  them, and you not force them to do anything that they are not willing to do.