Why I Want To Be A Mentor

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Being a tutor or mentor is a wonderful experience that I think will heighten your level of socializing in a professional manner and further progressing your problem-solving skills. I know for me, both apply to my life and I have only been a tutor for two semesters and a mentor for one. I plan on joining the military after my college career is over and having leadership skills will be important in my career path. Tutoring is something that takes being a leader. You must lead someone to a goal. In this case, that goal is learning new material. Being able to help someone and guide them towards gaining more knowledge is something I take great pride in being able to do. For example, I had student this semester who struggled immensely with chemistry (what I tutor). …show more content…

We tried everything from visual tactics to kinesthetic methods to auditory methods. After seeing this student every week for a couple months, we were finally able to figure a solution. While this took time and a lot of effort and sometimes frustration, they ended up making better grades on their exams as the semester progressed. You are going to face barriers in your life as I am sure you have heard on countless occasions. In this case, it was getting in the head of my student and adapting to how they could learn new knowledge the best. Going through these experiences will help me in the military as I will encounter issues where I need to figure out how my patient (I want to be a medic) needs help. I must try and communicate with them on what would the best route of helping them and providing them with the best

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