Mentoring Freshman Project Essay

The Mentoring Freshman Project is about helping new incoming freshman, giving them advice and making sure that they go down a good path for the four years of high school. My experience mentoring a freshman was a very good, I felt like an adult , I was honored to be there and talk to a freshman about everything that’s going to happen in high school. My freshman’s name was Monica and she is 14 years old, she said that she likes to play sports and her favorite sport is basketball, and her favorite subject is History. She said that she wants to be a nurse when she graduates. She was very shy and pleased to meet me, I was glad that I got to talk to a freshman and give her some great ideas of what being a senior is like, and what high school …show more content…
They really inspire me to want to do everything that I could to graduate, they just came and gave us ideas of what we might go through when high school is over. It was a very good experience to talk to the teachers and get to know them, they made me feel like I could do whatever I want in life and no matter how many mistakes I make I will still go for it, just like they did. One of the teachers said to make mistakes in life but make sure that you don’t make too many that you can’t fix. I understand that teachers went through a lot in their high school life, but they manage to get back on their feet and keep on pushing, like Mrs. Ramirez story really stood out to me. She had a tough childhood and she was not doing too many great things, she was not so great in school, and even all that her parents didn’t even care, her mom didn’t want her to have a good education or a great future. Ms. Ramirez ended up having to go to community college, she messed up in highschool but she got her life on track and transferred into a four year university. She majored in mathematics and ended up becoming a math