People throw away all sorts of things!!!? I remember at the end of a school year students would just leave all the things they weren’t taking home in the dorm common room?!? Like GOOD stuff for the taking. (Never dumpster dived, am curious🤣)

Writing Centers and WC folks are the best! I was a peer tutor in my undergrad and always loved when a student would come back or just simply wanted to talk.

A big thing about that work isn’t the writing, it’s (as you said) the connection between people.😢 I miss it. I also had the BEST director!!!

ChatGPT removes us from community. Writing can be a very collaborative experience even if the typing is done solo.

I don't know where I'd be if I didn't have writing center fellows or grad students to help me extract what I wanted to say.

That community strengthened my confidence and skill.