Have a funny or wacky RA conference experience? Let us know about it! We're all in the same boat, and it can be comforting to know that other people have similar experiences to our own. Post them in comments under this post, or email it to me at kevin.mour@aggiemail.usu.edu and I will put it in as a post of its own.
As a rule of thumb, don't use real names of students. The idea isn't to embarrass people, just to share experiences.
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In one of my past RA classes, the professor had the students do a paper in partnerships. It was a little weird talking to two people at once, but it was alright, for the most part.
It was my last conference of the day and I was ready to be done. The last partnership consisted of two male students who I knew to be talkers from previous conferences, so I prepared myself to deflect their comments and focus on the paper. Unfortunately, this wasn't the biggest problem I had with them. They hated each other! Student A was earlier than Studetn B, and all I heard about was how Student B didn't do anything, blah, blah, blah. If I mentioned that something needed to improve during the conference, Student A blamed Student B for taking what he originally had out or changing it or whatever. It was the most uncomfortable conference of my life. Word to the wise, avoid group papers!!
That would be really awkward! I'm glad you survived. I've been working with groups this semester, but I haven't had that happen to me yet. What kinds of things did you say to try and make the conference a positive experience?
I tried to smooth it over as best I could. I tried to give them suggestions that were different than what Student A said he had written originally. Overall, though, there wasn't a lot I could do. I was just glad when it was over. :)
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