🏫 College Advising

An advisor receives a student's essay draft that contains significant grammatical errors and disorganized paragraphs. Which ethical guideline should primarily govern the advisor's actions?

A The advisor should rewrite the essay to correct all errors and improve structure, ensuring competitiveness.
B The advisor should provide specific suggestions for improvement and highlight areas for the student to revise themselves.
C The advisor should inform the student that the essay is unusable and instruct them to start over with a new topic.
D The advisor should make minor edits to grammar and spelling, leaving structural issues untouched to preserve student voice.

✓ Correct Answer: Option B

Ethical advising involves guiding the student to improve their own work. Providing feedback, highlighting areas, and suggesting revisions empowers the student to learn and develop their writing skills, ensuring the final product is genuinely theirs.

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