• Bring all materials related to your paper: your textbook, your Prentice Hall Reference Guide, the assignment sheet, and all drafts of your paper with your  instructor's comments. Most importantly, bring an open mind, a recognition that writing is a process, not a product, and questions. 
• Know what your thesis statement is. What is the main idea? Who is your audience? What is the goal for your reader? 
• If you know you have trouble with grammar or organization, don't tell us you have trouble with "everything." Be as concrete as you can in describing your pattern of errors. 

• A courteous and professional tutor has been hired to assist you.
• If no one is waiting, you can spend as much time as you want with a writing tutor. If a tutor is occupied with another student, expect a 5-15 minute wait.
• We will respond as readers, not error analysts.
• We will suggest areas that need to be improved and point out patterns of errors but not every error. 

Things not to expect: 

• A quick fix.
• A proofreading service.
• A grading service.
• Miracles. 

• Read the section and chapter before you come to the Learning Center.
• Try to solve some of the problems before you arrive.
• Have some questions in mind when you arrive. 

• If no one is waiting, you can spend as much time as you want with a math tutor.  If a tutor is occupied with another student, expect a 5-15 minute wait. 
• If other students are working on the same section/chapter as you are, the tutor will work with a small group (2-3 people).
• A courteous and professional tutor has been hired to assist you.  In some cases, student tutors who have completed math courses at Pellissippi State will be available. 

•  A quick fix.
• A grading service.
• Homework done by the tutor.
• Miracles.