Writing Center Trip

I went to the writing center and saw Chelsie Messenger. I brought her a three fourths completed version of my rough draft of my research paper and my outline. We first went over my thesis statement and then the point that I was trying to make with my paper. I explained to her the issue of Facebook tracking users through the Internet using Internet cookies. I also explained to her generally how the tracking worked.  She commented on my introduction and then we moved on to my outline. We talked through the outline and she said that it seemed like I would have enough to write about. She told me what she thought would be the strongest points in my paper, and what sections I should write the most about. The three main sections she thought would be great for my paper were similar cases in the courts, the lessons learned from Facebook’s tracking and my talking points for the conclusion which would tie everything together. We talked through the conclusion of the paper. I asked her about the best way to put technical information that I needed in my paper into my own words. She recommended reading the information and then putting it down before typing the information. Overall I felt that the sessions at the writing center was pretty helpful, although I would have liked her to have read through or listened to me read more of my paper. This would have resulted in more revision actually taking place while I was there, which I had expected to be one of the most useful things I would get out of my meeting at the writing center. We took about 26 minutes and then the meeting was over. She was very kind and helpful. I would have like the writing center to have more individual booths rather than the table I sat at which was in the middle of the room but the table was not that bothersome. I also took a few notes during the meeting and they were useful when it came time to revise my rough draft. I think I should have taken more notes as they would most likely be useful as well. I think it would be helpful if they encouraged note taking or promoted it in some fashion. They could even provide a preformatted sheet with specific sections for different types of corrections that they generally make. All in all it was a pleasant and helpful experience.