who else thinks that peer mentoring is a lot of rubbish?

Answer 1

I'm one so i think your question is offencive to me and to the work that we try to achieve,do you even have an insight to what it is all about and why we do it??? maybe you should open your eye's up because you sound a bit immature and narrow minded

Answer 2

Are you suggesting it is - rubbish?

A mentor is a person who leads another person in a positive direction by offering listening, attention, transferable skills, interpersonal skills, empathy and compassion.

A mentee is a person or group of people who are mentored.

Mentoring programs vary from work place settings and schools to community centers, where employers mentor new employees, adults mentor high-risk youth and youth mentor youth. Among youth, a suggestion from a peer is often more acceptable than the same suggestion from an adult.

I'm not sure that you will get anyone to agree its RUBBISH, but you might find people like me who will agree that some mentoring programs are not well thought out and some fail as a result.

In life we all have mentors whether we know it or not. Not all of these are "Good" mentoring programs should not try to adjust people from who they are but rather help them see the best in themselves and that life carries consequences which each of us have to live with as a result of our decisions.

So Peer mentoring can be rubbish..but not ALL..and certainly as any web search will prove, good schemes have positive effects and even save lives.

Answer 3

I don't. I did an essay on it for my 3rd year of degree. I started off thinking it was just another initiative but was really surprised.

Schools have been able to virtually iradicate anti social behaviour using peer mentoring, but only if it is well managed and there is a whole school policy. Canada is leading the way in peer mentoring and most of the research I fond was Canadian, however, English schools are accepting it much more readily and its having great effects. I'd be happy to go into more detail if you wish.

Answer 4

As for mentoring, I had a professor in college take me under her wing. She made sure I knew how to keep myself more current than the books, made sure I was up on all the current software, just made herself available to me. After college we keep in touch and I would like to think she is a good friend. Whenever I need to bounce an idea off someone, she still listens and gives her advice freely. She is a remarkable human being because I see her offer these things to all of her students that are willing to spend the extra time to make themselves come out at the top. In a time when I see the pressure on professors to just get the kids through, she still demands a lot of her students and most rise to her expectations. In a profession that requires precision and knowledge, those that get weeded out really need to make other career choices. On the other hand in my misspent youth, I was required by the local government to see a psychiatrist. For a person that was responsible for dealing with very young people, I would have expected someone with a bit more vision-to put it nicely. She was there for the $ and could care less about offering any help. Her ideas were less than mediocre as was her advice. At fourteen I was forced to tell her she was not of a calibre to deal with me and that she should be ashamed to accept a paycheck. So much like anything else there are those that are good at what they do and those that are not. So much for mentoring. I was told I had a bad heart and it really doesn't quite beat right. A good friend told me that my heart always beat to a different rhythm than most, don't worry. I've always had a hard time finding a peer. I would listen to good friends-more my peers-than someone I don't know. I know my friends for what they are and what they are not so that I can listen to their advice from an informed position. Make many friends as you go through life and pick them from everyplace, every size, every color. They will keep you balanced.

Answer 5

I have to disagree. I was part of a peer mentoring program in high school and found it very beneficial to all parties involved.

Answer 6

i do a lot of mentoring in my job and it's a good thing

Answer 7

It isn't rubbish it's knowledge they've had over years that you don't really appreciate as much as you should....and that's the WORD!

Answer 8

nope, not rubbish