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Mentorship is the patronage, influence, guidance, or direction given by a mentor. [1] A mentor is someone who teaches or gives help and advice to a less experienced and often younger person. [2] In an organizational setting, a mentor influences the personal and professional growth of a mentee.
He wrote two sentences: “He’s a decent-enough human. You should consider him.” Meanwhile, another nominee had a glowing letter from Hillary Clinton, practically anointing her as a future ...
Youth mentoring is the process of matching mentors with young people who need or want a caring, responsible adult in their lives. Adult mentors are usually unrelated to the child or teen and work as volunteers through a community-, school-, or church-based social service program.
Workplace mentoring is a “learning partnership between employees for purposes of sharing technical information, institutional knowledge and insight with respect to a particular occupation, profession, organization or endeavor”. [1]
Peer mentoring in education was promoted during the 1960s by educator and theorist Paulo Freire: "The fundamental task of the mentor is a liberatory task. It is not to encourage the mentor's goals and aspirations and dreams to be reproduced in the mentees, the students, but to give rise to the possibility that the students become the owners of their own history.
“Sasha was more than just a coach – he was a mentor, a friend, and a light in the skating world,” Melissa Maldonado, the school’s figure skating club president, said.
In the Odyssey, Mentor (Greek: Μέντωρ, Méntōr; gen.: Μέντορος) [1] was the son of Alcimus. In his old age Mentor was a friend of Odysseus . When Odysseus left for the Trojan War , he placed Mentor in charge of his son Telemachus , [ 2 ] and of Odysseus' palace.
A wise old man: Philosopher in Meditation by Rembrandt The wise old man (also called senex, sage or sophos) is an archetype as described by Carl Jung, as well as a classic literary figure, and may be seen as a stock character. [1]