Blog #7: Writing Center Philosophies

Note: I apologize that I didn't finish this in time. Also, I'm probably extremely off track, because I still don't understand what the Boquet is saying (Why jargon, WHY??) and North just sounds so ANGRY in the first one that I'm having a hard time sifting through what's anger and what's actually indicitive of his writing center philosophy.

Boquet
-Definitely has some appreciation for the anti-institutional views of some of the people that she quotes, though she acknowledges the problems with their views.
-Seems to be very interested in writing centers in relation to their parent institutions in general. Political agendas are around here somewhere.
-She is process oriented, as shown by her attitudes towards the “fix-it shop” models used earlier in the history of writing centers.
-Her call for throwing out any scripts and engaging in high risk tutoring styles also suggests an orientation towards thinking of process rather than product.
-Feels that scholarship out of writing centers should be less focused on practicalities and on bigger questions, although what those bigger questions are I cannot tell.

North 1
-Claims that the WC is student-centered, but apparently takes a route of supporting the stance of professors.

-Process oriented

-Believes in the WC as a center for research, and does not like the idea of the WC as remediation.

North 2

-Dials back some of his beliefs.

-Acknowledges that WC staff cannot always be neutral in student-professor conflicts.

-still process oriented

-I don't know what else to say.