“Mentoring is not mind-control or indoctrination into a narrow corridor of beliefs. Rather, it is an avenue to liberation from such tyranny. Something in the process of the beneficiary of being mentored is redeemed; I believe it is the best part of an individual whose talents and potentials are unlocked by a mentor in order to thrive, finally, in their own way and in their own time.”
In Thanksgiving. The Presence of a Mentor Dr. Louise Cowan
A mentor is a complex hybrid human being; she (and I will use that pronoun because I am speaking in my case of a woman), is an amalgam of a parent, a teacher, a companion and a guide. Choosing our parents or our children allows either of us little choice; but with a mentor and student there is a choice on both sides.
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