Sitting around, I get a call from a colleague Percy Strugis recruiting me for the new exploratory course Library 397. He knows that my major is Sociology with a minor in Diversity in Higher Education and an experience like this will development not only my skills as an mentor, employee, but most importantly as a student. When coming into this class my experience was a little bit different then others. When entering the class I found myself selecting my own mentors, 2 from library 201 because I was once in this class and I have a understanding what is expected of the students. They will partake in researching on a subject of choose. During this time they will familiarize themselves with the library catalog, summit, and IILAD. While they are researching this will allow me guide my mentees in the right direction if so needed. My third mentee comes from a methodology class which requires quite a bit of research. With this mentee I receive that opportunity to collaborate with her in researching her topic,peer editing her work, and citing her work. With both these mentees it will allow me to learn from them as they learn from me, because all three mentees come from diverse backgrounds it allows me to expand my knowledge.
With my mentees my main expectation is to treat them as I would like to be treated. That consist of respect, open mindedness, listening, engage in dialouge, and much more. As I treat them this way, I expect them to treat me the same way.
Hi Lahaji,
ReplyDeleteI'm curious to see if your experience will be different mentoring mentees from a class you have already taken. I can see the advantage of that in being familiar with the coursework and what is required. I too am looking forward to learning more about working with others. I think the discovery of finding out what other students need and being open and flexible to the best way of interaction and communication for others, I find as a welcome challenge and opportunity to develop more people skills and understanding of how others work. Thank you for your post! Christina :)
First of all, I think it is great that Percy recruited you to our class. Second of all, I'm impressed that you went and found your own mentees. I was given that choice but it sounded too daunting to me. Like Christina, I can't wait to see if your experience is the same or different from the rest of the class who were all assigned mentees. Most of all I wonder if your mentees will be more or less responsive than our mentees.
ReplyDeleteI'm in the same boat as Christina and Amy, it will be interesting to hear how your experience compares and contrasts with the rest of the class. I'm especially intrigued by the research methods relationship.
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