Writing centers are to fix my grammar

Today while at Saga with my friends the writing center came up in conversation. One friend actually said how she gets annoyed when people of different majors that aren't outwardly good at writing try to tell her what to do. She said she'd rather have her grammar fixed and be on her way. I found this interesting because I wouldn't have thought twice about her comment before taking Peer Tutoring. Now we know better and we have learned that a writing center is not a "fix it up shop" and is meant to not only help one paper, but the student's overall writing abilities. I found it funny that people still have that same notion about going to a writing center, that they just want their grammar fixed. To me it displays the lack of knowledge out there, specifically at Siena, about writing centers. Maybe there needs to be more information put out there. Rather than just saying "go to the writing center," it should be taught in a class, like Foundations, some of the main principles of the Writing Center. The writing center isn't for everyone, but it's better for someone to have an accurate portrayal of it rather than to think it is just a place to go to get a quick fix on a paper.