The final lesson!

Makayla and Nicole had a really fun presentation on Thursday! The game show “Clueless and in College” was super fun and exciting because we had great involvement from both the participants and the audience! Also, talking about good versus bad qualities of a peer mentor helped me to realize that there can be some bad peer mentors so that’s what I don’t want my mentees to have to deal with!

            I really liked talking about the different qualities that we think make up a good peer mentor. As most of us know, to be a good mentor you have to make yourself very available as a mentor. You must be able to put in the time to make your mentees appreciate your help and want to come back for more of your help and support. Some other qualities that we talked about were being able to refer a mentee to the correct person if you are unable to help out. This makes you more trustable to your mentee but also really helps your mentee out more than what you would have.

Now on to the not so good qualities that we talked about…..to start off I would like to talk about Sam’s drunk CA. When you’re in a mentoring position it is really important to remember that you are a role model to many of your students! When you go out and get drunk for a week strait that doesn’t go over well in you mentees eyes. Another good example we had was a mentor who didn’t have encouragement for group participation and activities as well as didn’t have regular meetings. This really discourages your quiet students from getting out and meeting new people but it also makes the group less connected.

After going through last week’s lesson I can’t wait to find out who my co-mentor is and meet my mentees this fall! Great job Makayla and Nicole on finishing out the semester with a fun lesson!