Writing Center Stats

First Quarter Writing Center Statistics

A total of 87 Students came to the Writing Center during the last two weeks of the quarter (10/20-11/1). Freshmen were the largest demographic that came to the Writing Center, with 84 out of the total 87 students. This is positive news because it shows that we are reaching younger students, so that they can utilize the Writing Center as a resource throughout their time at Centreville. A graph of the number of students coming per day shows that the B-day Writing Center class tends to have more people coming in then the A-day Writing Center class. Both classes show an increasing trend of more students coming to be tutored towards the end of the quarter.

Grade	Number of Students Tutored
9	84
10	1
11	1
12	1

Date	Number of Tutoring Sessions
20-Oct	1
21-Oct	2
22-Oct	17
27-Oct	27
28-Oct	6
29-Oct	34

Total Tutoring Sessions: A day v. B day*
A day	B day
24	63

*Allow small margin of error for afterschool tutoring sessions and before school tutoring sessions. However it is clear that more students came to the Writing Center on a B-day.

Satirical Winner from 5th Period

All of our tutors were challenged to write a satirical generic version of some form of writing that is commonplace. Here is essay from the winner in 5th period, Amber Sok!

Life Lessons: The Universal Lessons of Pop Songs

Performed by: Exotically Dressed Possibly Half Naked Woman Who Can Dance Alright

Written by Amber Sok

Building the scene with bornig first verse

Mostly spoken, but that's okay because the beat is good

Proclamation of either love, lust, or hate

Yeah, yeah, yeah

Questionable rhyme scheme hidden musician's muffled singing

Oh my gosh and you look pretty hot

Love is also good

I love you, I hate you

World peace and booty, booty, booty

Dancing and clubs, drugs and love, love

My heart is broken so

Let's be young and wild

More booty, and also love, love

Second verse begins with completely irrelevant lyrics

Because the artist knows that no one is paying atention by now

The beat has taken over and artist's voice is unnecessary

Yeah, yeah, yeah

Rhyme sheme abandoned

Oh my gosh and you look fine

Heartbreak so I go clubbing

I love you, I hate you

World peace and booty, booty, booty

Dancing and clubs, drugs and love, love

My heart is broken so

Let's be young and wild

More booty, and also love, love

I love you, I hate you

World peace and booty, booty, booty

Dancing and clubs, drugs and love, love

My heart is broken so

Let's be young and wild

More booty, and also love, love

Everyone is tired of the chorus by now

But the artist decides to give it one more go

Right after this bridge

I love you, I hate you

World peace and booty, booty, booty

Dancing and clubs, drugs and love, love

My heart is broken so

Let's be young and wild

More booty, and also love, love

Last verse finally arrives after thirty seconds of instrumental/rap

Wait, what was this song about? Oh, yeah

Ties back into the importance of alcohol

And of course big butts

But we can't forget world peace and love

End last lyric on a single chord strum to evoke that

Dramatic, poignant response from audience

Congratulations Amber!

Satire Selection Piece

All of our tutors were challenged to write a satirical generic version of some form of writing that is commonplace. Here is essay from the winner in 6th period, Stephanie Chang!

Teen Book Summary

She looks very ordinary, but in fact is different, much like anyone else who has ever been born. Long list of adjectives describing how exactly she is different from other girls, appealing to the mass by including characteristics that are actually quite commonplace and normal, while defining her as more intelligent and “mature” than her contemporaries. Vaguely misogynistic statement asserting that “other girls” are vapid and boring based on brief and generalized observations of their attire, attitude, and interests. Hypocritical statement then bemoaning the different girl’s low social status because of how she is perceived by others because of her attire, attitude, and interests. In particular, hateful and scathing demonization of the different girl’s arch-enemy, the cruel, wealthy, and beautiful “Popular Girl”. Glaring, gaudy foreshadowing regarding a rather plain, overdramatized romance between a sweet, somewhat unrealistic, popular male student and the unpopular, different girl.

This author has also written the New York Times Bestseller, The Nerdy Guy Who Never Gets Any Until Meeting His Soul Mate, a Girl Who Is Different, and Nerdy Guy 2; The Rise of the Weeaboo.

Congrats Stephanie!

Book Recommendation of November

Unbroken

By: Laura Hillenbrand

(synopsis from http://www.barnesandnoble.com/)

On a May afternoon in 1943, an Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean and disappeared, leaving only a spray of debris and a slick of oil, gasoline, and blood. Then, on the ocean surface, a face appeared. It was that of a young lieutenant, the plane's bombardier, who was struggling to a life raft. So began one of the most extraordinary odysseys of the Second World War.

The lieutenant's name was Louis Zamperini. In boyhood, he'd been a cunning and incorrigible delinquent. As a teenager, he had channeled his defiance into running, discovering a prodigious talent that had carried him to the Berlin Olympics. But when war had come, the athlete had become an airman, embarking on a journey that led to his doomed flight, a tiny raft, and a drift into the unknown.

Ahead of Zamperini lay thousands of miles of open ocean, leaping sharks, a foundering raft, thirst and starvation, enemy aircraft, and, beyond, a trial even greater. His fate, whether triumph or tragedy, would be suspended on the fraying wire of his will. Unbroken is a testament to the resilience of the human mind, body, and spirit.

Tweets from Tutors: Second Edition

Some Tweets from our Writing Center Tutors

Tweets from our Tutors

Featured Senior of the Month: Stephen Norod

This is Stephen's first year at the Wildcat Writing Center, but don't let that discourage you, Stephen is a smart tutor who is adept at brainstorming papers. Stephen has taken a wide variety of AP classes including AP BC Calculus, Multivariable Calculus, AP Language, AP Literature, and AP Physics. When he's not busy studying or tutoring, Stephen enjoys hanging out with his friends, and turning up watching Netflix. Check out Stephen Norod in the Writing Center!!

Diligent as always, Stephen reading a book he's not even looking at.