In response to the recent challenge from te@chthought, I'm participating in a 30 day blogging mission, starting September 1st!
Day 6
Explain: What does a good mentor "do"?
A good mentor cares about the student.
I tutor alongside my teaching duties, and after years of experience working one-on-one with students, I have found that the most important thing I can do is to make it very clear that I care. It's all about relationships. A close second to this is setting high expectations. Those expectations won't inspire anything in a student who does not have a healthy human connection with the mentor. I, of course, can only be a mentor if I possess and readily demonstrate the skills or qualities that the student is interested in learning.
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