Student Mentor Interview
Andre, a socially mobile 2010 graduate of Wellborn University, has been enjoying a successful software sales career in New York City. When I arrived, I stepped out of my car for Andre to help me park (raised in Arizona, my parallel parking skills are null). He happily greeted me as he took my keys and moved my driver’s seat all the way back. Being well over 6’ tall, he towered over me. On our way to his apartment building he expressed his excitement for my association with Lori before directing me to stop in my tracks and look ahead. In front of me was an unobstructed view of The Statue of Liberty. He gleefully told me that the view from the apartment’s patio was one of the best in the city. I interviewed him in the lobby of his posh apartment
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Free SAT preparation, before and after school programs, tutoring, athletic programs, and student-to-student mentoring were amongst the many resources the school offered. Andre took advantage of as many resources as possible. He credits his school, teachers, and peers for motivating his involvement in sports, extracurricular clubs, and participation in further education opportunities. Andre speaks highly of the student-to-student mentoring program in which he was both a mentee and mentor:
Interviewer: Why did you decide to apply for it (the mentoring program)?
Andre: Um I remember it being a very positive uh experience in my own life. Like my peer counselor uh who is a cool kid […] and you know someone who I could talk to who was kind of removed from my life which feels good sometimes too.
Andre’s positive experience with the mentoring program led him to apply to become a mentor in the same program. There was a thorough application process which required students to be nominated by peer mentors and teachers. Moreover, students had to complete several weeks of training. The program had a tutoring component in which mentors who received high marks in a course would tutor students who needed additional help in those
Free SAT preparation, before and after school programs, tutoring, athletic programs, and student-to-student mentoring were amongst the many resources the school offered. Andre took advantage of as many resources as possible. He credits his school, teachers, and peers for motivating his involvement in sports, extracurricular clubs, and participation in further education opportunities. Andre speaks highly of the student-to-student mentoring program in which he was both a mentee and mentor:
Interviewer: Why did you decide to apply for it (the mentoring program)?
Andre: Um I remember it being a very positive uh experience in my own life. Like my peer counselor uh who is a cool kid […] and you know someone who I could talk to who was kind of removed from my life which feels good sometimes too.
Andre’s positive experience with the mentoring program led him to apply to become a mentor in the same program. There was a thorough application process which required students to be nominated by peer mentors and teachers. Moreover, students had to complete several weeks of training. The program had a tutoring component in which mentors who received high marks in a course would tutor students who needed additional help in those