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Thomas P. Johnson Tutors to the Rescue
Pascale Proctor
Issue date: 10/14/05 Section: Life & Times
Has there ever been a time where you have been so overwhelmed with schoolwork you become completely beside yourself? Has there ever been a time where your workload becomes so burdensome it is almost impossible to even concentrate on the task at hand? Or perhaps there has been a time where even when it seems like you have all the time in the world to do one assignment, the assignment consumes your life because it is so difficult.
If you answered yes to any of these scenarios you have been in the same situation as hundreds of other students. This is precisely why we have the Thomas P. Johnson Student Resource Center, or "TJ's" as it is usually called, to help us. TJ's is an academic advising center located in the Mills Memorial Center, above the post office, designed to tutor students in different subjects from math to English and from science to foreign languages. The writing consultants and tutors at TJ's are students right from the Rollins community; students who have troubles in different academic areas just like the peers they help.
Kiersten Bakowski is a writing consultant at TJ's. She has only been a writing tutor for two weeks but she says it has so far been very rewarding. "Even though I have been a consultant for a short amount of time," Kiersten says, "I feel like I've been doing it forever. I love knowing that I have helped one of my peers in an assignment that had been stressing them out." In the writing center, Kiersten helps facilitate the writing process with the students she tutors by brainstorming writing topics, making outlines, perfecting citations, and revising drafts. Not only does she help other students, but she sometimes goes to TJ's as well to get tutoring for her own classes.
TJ's also helps with finding scholarships, aiding international students, and students with learning disabilities. Special accommodations for students with learning disabilities can be made at TJ's. Perhaps you have test anxiety or have problems taking notes; TJ's can help with that as well.
Additionally, TJ's is always looking for new faces to help tutor, so if you feel you would like to alleviate some of the stress of your peers by tutoring in a subject such as calculus, economics, or French, set up an interview today!
So when you think all is lost and you are want to give up on one of your classes, visit TJ's, and let your fellow Rollins students help you!
If you answered yes to any of these scenarios you have been in the same situation as hundreds of other students. This is precisely why we have the Thomas P. Johnson Student Resource Center, or "TJ's" as it is usually called, to help us. TJ's is an academic advising center located in the Mills Memorial Center, above the post office, designed to tutor students in different subjects from math to English and from science to foreign languages. The writing consultants and tutors at TJ's are students right from the Rollins community; students who have troubles in different academic areas just like the peers they help.
Kiersten Bakowski is a writing consultant at TJ's. She has only been a writing tutor for two weeks but she says it has so far been very rewarding. "Even though I have been a consultant for a short amount of time," Kiersten says, "I feel like I've been doing it forever. I love knowing that I have helped one of my peers in an assignment that had been stressing them out." In the writing center, Kiersten helps facilitate the writing process with the students she tutors by brainstorming writing topics, making outlines, perfecting citations, and revising drafts. Not only does she help other students, but she sometimes goes to TJ's as well to get tutoring for her own classes.
TJ's also helps with finding scholarships, aiding international students, and students with learning disabilities. Special accommodations for students with learning disabilities can be made at TJ's. Perhaps you have test anxiety or have problems taking notes; TJ's can help with that as well.
Additionally, TJ's is always looking for new faces to help tutor, so if you feel you would like to alleviate some of the stress of your peers by tutoring in a subject such as calculus, economics, or French, set up an interview today!
So when you think all is lost and you are want to give up on one of your classes, visit TJ's, and let your fellow Rollins students help you!