Tutoring in ASC

English tutoring has been very rewarding for Clemson University students. Both the Academic Success Center as well as the Writing Center are helping students to conquer problems with punctuation, grammatical mistakes, organization, poor sentence structure etc. Lately, majority of the students I've encountered all have similar or identical problems. Most often students wrestle with the following areas: commas, quotations, paraphrasing, and documentation.

In addition, tutoring has been very rewarding for me. I've learned how to properly and effectively use semicolons and even conquered my fear of commas and comma splices. Recently I've been battling a new monster known as ACS or American Chemistry Society. I was compelled to tamper with this writing style after a Chemistry student dropped by one day for help with a works cited page. I have yet to master ACS; however, I am working diligently towards this effort. My next project is to become more familiar with the Chicago writing style. This same student advised me that very soon all Chemistry students would be writing a paper in this format.