Students Helping Students

Students Helping Students

Figure 1 Student helping Student do homework

Have you ever needed a little extra help in school, but no teachers were available to help? This happens to a lot of students your age. There is a way that you can solve this problem or help your fellow classmates. This is through a program most schools call mentoring, in this blog you will learn all about student to student mentoring. 

Figure 2 Why mentoring

        Student to student mentoring is the type of mentoring you as a student will mostly be involved in. These programs are just as they seem. They can be used for new student in a school or students who just need a little extra help in a school subject. If the student is new to the school the mentor is really there to show them around and be a friend for the first week or two after they moved. While this student is new they may not know how to find their classes yet so the mentor will make sure that the mentee gets to class on time with no issues. 

Figure 3 benefits of  mentoring

        Another type of student to student mentoring is for students who need a little extra help in a class that they are struggling in. This program is kind of like tutoring but the difference is that with the mentoring you can build a relationship with the mentor and work on more than just school work. This program usually meets once  or twice a week depending on the need of the mentee. In this program they go over the home work, study for tests and quizzes, and also try to work out anything that my have confused them in class about a certain lesson.

          If your interested in getting involved as a mentor or mentee there are a few things you need to do. The first thing is to talk to you school and if there is a program available, if not maybe you can get one started. The next thing is to figure out the requirements if the school has a program. There may be different requirements for mentor versus mentee. Once you find out the requirements and fill them you can sign up and begin helping your classmates or getting help from another student. Another thing to do is if you feel you need a mentor and your school does not have a program, there is still a way you can get the help you need. There is program out there that is called Big Brother Big Sister of America and this is found in many communities. To see if there is a program available in you community here is a like that will help you and your parents learn more about the program: Big Bother Big Sister link.

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