Finding Mentors

CATEGORY: REAL WORLD

Why:

We all have the ability to find mentors, and with their help we can develop nearly any aspect of ourselves.

Warm-Up:

Does anyone here have a mentor? If you don't yet have one but could magically find one, what kind of advice or help would you want from them?

Exploration:

A mentor is someone with more experience than you, who is willing to support and help you. It might be a general mentor helping you with anything life throws at you, or someone helping in a specific way, such as with your soccer skills. Why is it helpful to have a mentor to help you out and not just to learn skills by yourself or by doing research? Do you have friends who could be mentors for a specific skill or talent? Explore how mentors can be found, and what the qualities are of a good mentor.

Additional Resources

For an extended investigation into this, consider the Argonaut Receive Mentoring Challenge, here: https://www.argonaut.school/receive-mentoring