Personal Narrative: My Mentor Vs Public High School

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‘’ A Mentor is someone who allows you to see the hope in yourself ‘’ Every person that has went to school thinks of someone when they get asked ‘’who's your favorite teacher “. It was 10th grade year of highschool I was attending summit charter high school . Its slightly different from a public high school , every student had an assigned Mentor . My mentor was Mr.Griffin a white guy in his 30’s , at first I didn’t understand why every person had a mentor . Back in the days , in a traditional classroom I would get easily distracted and doing hw didn’t interest me .I believed everything was too hard for me , but Mr.griffin really motivated me and helped me get work done .It really touched my heart how he was

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