Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Mentor Help

So after a while I finally found my mentor, one of the school psychologist. It was difficult to decide because I saw a lot of the kids in my class choose teachers they have had for years or have gotten to know over the years while growing up in Somers and attending the schools year after year. I even asked Mr. Murphy because I wasn't sure who else to go to but then after talking to him about what it was that I wanted to focus on for my Wise project he introduced me to what he thought would be the best fit for my mentor. The process of meeting Mr. Kennelly was just that, a process. We kept trying to meet each other but somehow we kept missing each other and our correspondences consisted of asking which way each of us went and walking away from a meeting spot just before one of us would get there. But we finally had our first meeting, which ended up including other teachers, guidance counselors and other faculty members I did not even know. It worked out, I really like my mentor and when we do have meetings we will talk about my Wise project, the fact that I have been slacking about writing my journal entries, and then discuss the stresses that I have been dealing with, between home, school and of course the college process. Having the school psychologist as my mentor proved to be more beneficial than having any other kind of mentor due to the fact that I could vent and he would help me with some things that were clouding my head at the time. Plus, it was another friendly face that I now have in the school that I didn't have before. I also learned a lot about how having a certain idea about what you want to do, studying psychology and then ending up in a different career path then you had intended but enjoying it. Just reminds me to keep my mind open to the future and other possible paths that my intended major may take me.

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