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Re: To mentor or not to mentor, thats is the question
Respect is a heck of an issue.
I'm the team leader for a group that was a rookie this year. 3 out of 4 of my seniors were older than me. You want to talk respect issues? Yeah.
There's this funny thing about high school kids. They're taught to respect adults, but there's not too much about respecting their peers. The only way that they're going to respect you is if you give them a reason to.
Your mentors are asking you to take on this job because they see something in you worth keeping. I don't know you personally or your mentors so I can't say quite what that something is, but they obviously think that it's something good. Show your students why your mentors want to keep you around. Show them that you have talent and you're willing to share it with them, to teach them, if they want to learn.
That's the only way that you're going to get their respect. I would say to try it though. Maybe things won't go well right from the start, but when they do, nothing will make you happier in this world.
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This season, I was a part of a great team, with great kids who were really inspired, and who inspired me back. That's my brag, what's yours?
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