After completing the reading for this week, I honestly feel a bit intimidated about my future position as a writing consultant. These articles offered a number of issues that I had never considered possibly encountering, such as trying to find the power balance in a consultation with a student who is an elder or trying to maintain a position of neutrality and/or objectivity when faced with a paper that is offensively biased.
Personally, I don't really know how I would have handled any of the situations presented in the readings. And just the thought of my uneasiness with these predicaments makes me question my capability as a consultant. Of course, after reading Sherwood's article on failures in consulting, I understand the success as a consultant is a process and will definitely come with its shortcomings. Nevertheless, even after reading these articles, I still can't quite say with confidence how I would approach a number of the situations presented.
"In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is." --Yogi Berra
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