What are your Mentor Experiences?

[Littlepchan]

Starting later this year I will be moving to Arizona. I was inspired by a mentor of mine to repay his kindness by becoming a Mentor myself. I'm trying to decide what kind of a Mentor I want to be, how to really make an impact on a team, and what I can do for FIRST in general.

Now I understand that I should "Discover how I mentor myself" and other such quotes, I really do. But I enjoy stories and I want to enjoy hearing about your experience either with Mentors or as a Mentor yourself. There are also a lot of different people with different experiences.

For example the stories of a 2 year mentor is different from that of a 21 year mentor. There is the difference between a student who has been with a team for a single year and those who have been a part of FIRST since elementary school. Then there are Students who have become mentors and mentors who became District Managers. All of which are stories I would absolutely love to hear.

So here's the question:

What are you Mentor Experiences, either as a mentor or as a student?

and/or

Based on your experiences, what would you like to see in a mentor?

Edit: Yes; I will be in College and I know my studies come first. Yes; I know mentoring takes up a lot of free time. Yes; I have a plan to keep my grades up and not fall behind. I'm moving from Texas to Arizona, almost nothing up there is the same. FIRST is the only thing that is similar there and I would like to keep at least one part of my life the same.