My kids just watched The Wizard of Oz this past weekend, so the "lions and tigers and bears" line is right at the top of my mind. And here we have the power and authority, those creatures that might jump out of the writing center woods and heed our progress towards Oz. To not pay attention to them makes us, in Carino's words, immature or gullible or, to reference the movie again, cowardly. Granted, some of that is on centers themselves (and the administrators) rather than advisors, but at the least an advisor without knowledge of power and authority in a tutorial would be, well, like the Scarecrow.
This article is, I believe, an important one for us. It, and the next two, from Brooks and Shamoon & Burns, will probably influence your pedagogy a great deal. Here is where we begin to articulate what the relationship is (or can be) between writer and reader. I know Jennifer and Brandon have already commented on the reading, agreeing in part but also offering counters to Carino. Good. This is a crucial discussion for us to have (and probably never finish). What does it mean for us to have power in a session? When do we have it? I especially hope we talk some about real questions vs. ploys today. And, I'm also curious if this essay, as it seems to indicate, actually makes an argument for an advisor writing on a student's paper.
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