Mentors being respected is a very BIG issue. Mentors do more than many can ever imagine for our teams, even most take time off of work! The few of our kids that can truly appreciate (mostly, i don't think i will ever fully appreciate, until i become a mentor) had to sit our team down and give them a reality check of what our adults do for us! Many of them were astonished, they don't realize how much goes on behind the scenes to make everything happen for them. Making mentors feel appreciated is often not very complicated (correct me if i'm wrong) a card, a HUGE hug and thank-you-for-everything-you-do is often enough to put a huge smile on their face, personal things are often best. Pleases and thank-yous are often great for adults. Many students don't realize this, little things make a big difference. All adults are underappreciated in my opinion, which is wrong, they work thier BUTTS off for us, and many people don't think twice, well my team certainly does now (
) but any adults have ANY idea of what we can do to make them feel more appreciated? I know i can't hug my mentors enough.
Again.....correct me if i'm wrong about any of this, i'd like to know what other people think