Outside the
law school context, writing center scholars have long debated whether generalist tutors (those that are not expert, or even conversant, in the writer's subject matter) can provide the right amount
of feedback.105 Some believe generalist tutors are the ideal, because «the ignorant tutor, by virtue
of her
ignorance, is
just as likely — perhaps even more likely — than the expert to help the student recognize what must be stated in the text.»