Class American Hip-Hop Experience: Mentoring A LCSS Class

My first semester as an ACE mentor, I am mentoring an LCS class American Hip-hop experience with Professor Tony Clark an English professor. I introduce myself to the students as an ACE mentor and my role in the class. The first three classes were kind of cold for everybody in the class, everyone was kind of trying to understand each other. I took another approach which eventually paid off. The approach was that I go to the class 15-20 minutes before the class starts to welcome the students and engage whoever comes first in an educational conversation before the class starts, as another student comes I politely ask for their opinion in our discussion and gradually the bonding started building. To a reasonable level, now we understand each in the class.
In our first meeting, I introduce myself to him and I asked him what role he wants me to play in the class. On our second meeting, Professor Clark gave me the syllabus, the reading textbook for the class and the class roster. He also keeps me updated with any changes in the class. Professor Clark is passionate about his job and as such he tries as much as he could to make the class very lively and also tries to make sure that all the students are working at the same pace.
One of the good thing about being an ACE mentor in a class is that it makes you think through before passing out any information to the students. Above all, it has been a great experience working with the students and the