After reading about the different roles of peer mentoring relationships, I felt like I fit the connecting link and learning coach the best. I enjoy helping my peers with informing them on useful websites, planners, on campus resources to succeed in college. Entering college is a tough experience to go through and being able to adjust to each professors style of teaching is what helped me earn the grades I wanted. Many courses are not straight forward and tutoring or other resources is required for success in that class. That is what I see myself the best at. I am especially good at helping my friends with their time management and organization skills.
A risk associated with this role is the mentee might think that I am trying to change their habits and make them follow what I do because it works for me. Some students are reluctant to change even if they aren't doing that great because they are so accustomed to that style. It would be difficult to get them out of that habit and possibly throw them off and stress them out which would make things worse.
I think the most important values in a peer mentorship relationship would be understanding, professionalism, and supportive.
I also feel that I would be a connecting link type of peer mentor! I didn't think of those risks but I agree on them. What if they do change but do it to an extreme and blame us for what happened? That's scary. Or what if they think that what we offer doesn't apply to them at all because we're different persons and think that what we say is not helpful at all? I also agree on how it is important to be understanding with a mentee because that's how they will open up and be comfortable. Professionalism and being supportive are also very important.
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