My First 'Live' Tutoring

I started my first live tutoring with out being nervous or having an anxiety attack as I expected. It started a bit rough because the student could not explain what the essay was about. He proceed to ask his professor who came over to our seat and explained what the assignment was. Once I had an understanding, I read his introduction and started off by asking, "What is the main topic here?", because he did not introduce the article, yet he added quotes. I read the rest of his paper and he had great topic sentences with supporting details. But when I gathered the topic sentences, I realized it did not correspond with what he believed to be the main topic. We engaged in conversation as he tried to explain what he believes to be important in the text. He had good quotes but needed to change his main topic in which he was able to figure out. Overall, the session was productive but could've been improved as far as time management since I only had one student; the other student did  not do the assignment. The student refused to take out a sheet of paper or write notes, despite the numerous attempts I had made. It was difficult not being able to have these notes down because he ended up asking the same questions on sections we already evaluated. I asked him about an outline and encourage that we create one but he insist that he has it already and wanted to move on to the next subject at hand. I believe that we could've had more done if he was not editing on the blog itself. By me concentrating on everything the student was saying to me helped me to give better feedback on his paper. The positive part of the assignment is the communication that I encountered. The student was talkative which led me to figure out what strategy best suits him and it helped. The student improved his fragments into his own words as well as adding relevant thoughts to develop his paper.