Re: Mentoring

I completely agree with you about our jobs as supportive mentors. Every time I work with a new student on their homework I have to stop them from insulting their own intelligence, "I can't do this, I'm stupid." Or they don't want to read in front of me because they know they have an accent. I don't know who lets them get away with this kind of talk or how much they actually believe it, but I always address it because I want them all to be confident students.