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Mentoring
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said, ^You’re mean!’ I said, Tm just teasing!’ He said, “No, you’re not mean, you’re kind, generous, and funny.’ I just about melted! Here’s a 12-year-old boy saying things like that? That was pretty rewarding.”
Research suggests that such rewards are not uncommon. In a recent survey of over 1,500 adult youth mentors, threequarters reported that being a mentor had had a veiy positive effect on their lives. It provided a break from their busy professional lives and a chance to give something back. Eighty-three percent said they had learned or gained something personally from their mentoring experience, including increased patience, friendship, a feeling of effectiveness, and a chance to acquire new skills, i •. In another study, mentoring
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