First Mentoring Experience

My first mentoring experience went very well. She gave me a tour of the school. She showed me her classes, her locker, the cafeteria, the track outside, and the basketball courts where she has recess. She is a very sweet girl and is very close to her family. Her older brother sounds like a troublemaker. She told me that last year he managed to fail all of his classes. My mentee, however, is very smart. She is taking advanced classes and is making good grades in them. Her parents are separated and she lives with her mother. She told me that she likes to take care of her mother. Last weekend her mother was sick and she did whatever her mother asked of her until she felt better. Her mother works at one of the sorority kitchens at USC. From what I understand, her lack of involvement right now is due to her mother working late hours and not being able to pick her up from an after school activity. My mentee plans to join the choir at Hand next semester. I hope this works out for her.