I have two mentoring moments I
want to share from over the last few weeks. The first comes from trips to
Bafokeng schools with Jill. A couple times over the last few weeks I have traveled with her to her meetings at various schools that have been given
Zurich trolleys (mobile libraries), and I have learned a lot from her in the process. While the
meetings at the schools are interesting and informative, I think I learn the
most on the car rides to and from the schools. Jill is very knowledgeable about
the Bafokeng people and is very keen to share her knowledge as we pass different
points of interests and she tells different stories. I look up to her for both
her teaching skills and her community work greatly, and I have really
appreciated the opportunities I have had to learn from her experiences in our
trips to Phokeng.
The second mentoring experience
I wanted to share was mentorship I have witnessed Sarah Taylor giving to her
house. Since I live with Sarah, I get to see the hard work and dedication of a
house director in a new light. I knew the house directors had a lot of responsibility
and administrative tasks, but it recent weeks I have been able to see what an
important role as a mentor she plays to the students and other teachers in her
house. It is little interactions like following up with a student who lost a
flash drive, checking in on her new teachers to see if they understand the ATL
and report processes, and staying at school until supper time to help her house
with inter-house dance practice that shows me the care and commitment she has
to see her peers and students succeed. She is a great example of a mentor to me
and those around her and I am inspired by people like her daily.
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