Doris, you are fortunate to have had mentors and friends with the "Intelligent Heart." You are one as well!!! Keep up the good work.
Wasn't your success important to you, also? But I see that you became successful because of your mentor. It became a compliment to him.
I had a teacher years ago who said one day, "Can't never did a thing". Now, in my class, I have written on my board the same message and I strive to teach by that. I have never forgotten those words and feel that it is something to share with those just starting out in this field. Another mentor, presently, instills the words "No Negativity". She is the most fair, honest, caring, kind, dependable, reliable and intuitive person I know and I'm happy to call her my friend. She instructs her classes with her being. What better mentors can a person have?
You are fortunate to have your father as a mentor. I am sure you are very proud of him and now you get to continue to pass the wisdom on.
I learned all that I know about teaching and how to teach my subject from my father. He is a CPA and also taught college for extra money when he was first starting out. I would go to classes with him. I would see how he interacted with the students. Even now, 30 years later, people will see my last name and talk about how my dad taught them accounting and how much he inspired them. I intend to do the same.
It is said that we only have 4 to 6 true Mentors in our lives. You are fortunate to have one as the college president.
As a Chef and Director of Student Affairs, my mentor is our college president. He instills customer services in all of us.
I was fortunate to have a mentor who had a great work ethic and was a very caring person. Many times I have been in decision or reaction situations and before I would respond, I would reflect back and think of how I thought my mentor would respond to this situation. While this process was not a cure all, it put a very positive spin on some challenging situations.
My Dad was also my Mentor. He would remind me that life isn't fair, you only get out of it what you put into it. Thanks to him I learned the value of hard work and helping others. What you put out you are sure to get back, and sometimes from unlikely places.
Once a student "connects" and "trusts" a Mentor they become motivated. They need to feel that you care.
My father is my best mentor he has always told me that a school does not make the student the student makes the school. I believe in this the student needs to make a sincere effort to learn and ask and make sure the instructor is motivated to teach and answer.
True Mentors are priceless!!!
As a young man, I had a senior supervisor take me under his wing and teach me not only a excellent trade but also how to become successful by being helpful to others. I have taken this knowledge into my educational career and hopefully have put students on the path to success.
I have had a mentor in my life about 35 years. We were in the same fields execpt he was a teacher and I a worker. He finally had me see that I was good at what I did but I could be a very good teacher like he is and have a rewarding and fullfilling job.
You are fortunate to have had this person in your life! Research says we only have about 5 people in our lives that are true mentors. Did you have others?
I have a co-worker that had helped me so much to develop as instructor with her knowledge, expirience and caring for students
Research says we only have about 5 true mentors in our life. How many do you have?
i have had teachers in my past, that have put there selfs in my shoes and went out of there way to help me learn.
My experience taught me to show respect no matter at what cost. I f you show respect to your students utimately you reap the benefits from gaining back respect. We maybe instructors, Boses and whatever title we may hold the fact of the matter we all human beings and all things work together for the good. Respecting each other is one of the basic principles of life.
Rich, thats great, but as a young man I knew what all my teacher were telling me and I refused to listen. It is is not that we did not understand what our teachers and others who were trying to teach us to do what was in our best interest, it is the fact we were doing what we wanted to do. We all have the power to chage the out come of our lives not others.
