I Want To Be A Mentor Research Paper

Everyone needs a mentor, and everyone needs to be a mentor. Children, teens, and adults all need people in their lives to mentor them. Being a mentor means walking with and guiding people through the difficult situations in everyday life. Usually the mentor has either been through or watched someone go through specific trials in order to help. People think they can make it through the tough trials in life with no guidance, but that is simply false. Without godly mentors in our lives, we would not make it very far. I have had many mentors in my life. My most influential mentor, who I would go to for anything is my friend, Jenna Walderp. Even though she is six years older than me, she relates, and helps me through trials I am going through. Most of the time she has already been through the trials I am currently going through. Without Jenna’s influence I would not be where I am
Being only seventeen, I have in the past felt too young to lead and to be mentor to others. Recently, when my friend moved to college, it opened up a chance for me to be a mentor to the girls in my youth group. One reason I am this mentor is because I am the oldest girl. Another reason is I chose this position. I chose to be a mentor to these girls just like Jenna was a mentor to me when she was in my youth group. One girl in particular, Kesley Burns, comes to me when she is struggling with friends, boys, or family issues. Because I am older than her and have been through these situations already, I know how to be a mentor for Kesley. I am a mentor to Kesley by the way I teach and show through my examples. An example of how she watches is the way she watches my reaction and actions towards different people.When she is struggling with a trial, she will call and listen to my advice. I do not always have the best advice, but being a mentor means telling the mistakes or successes I have previously made during the same