Many ethical questions arise when working as a tutor. Irene Clark writes in Writing in the Center , For students and tutors to work together productively, it is important that students assume responsibility for their own work right from the beginning. If one views writing as a decision making process, then the goal of writing instruction must be to enable students to judge the appropriateness of the decisions they make as writers, insights that they will be able to apply to subsequent writing tasks. Students should understand that the writing center is not simply an editing mill. However, occasionally, it is worthwhile for a tutor to role model ways to correct grammatical errors.
Many students benefit from seeing various ways to correct a sentence fragment, etc.
As a tutor, you should discourage students from taking shortcuts with their work. You need to direct the students to do the work as assigned. All rights reserved.