The week started off with the first edition of Mentor Monday/the Why Try curriculum. Going forward, on every Monday, I will take the mentors to a separate room and we will work on their mentoring/leadership skills. At the same time, our team from Community Reach comes in to work with the mentees on some more of their personal/social/behavioral skills.
The whole week was about trust and trust building and the project that really got the point across was students building their own trust bridges. I explained to them that just like you want a really strong bridge made of the best materials if you're going to trust to go over it, you have to want the same things in any trusting relationship. The foundations of the bridge have to be strong, just like the foundations of your relationships. That means there needs to be honesty, good communication, reliability, respect, care, etc. If your relationship does not have these things, just like if a bridge does not have strong material, both will crumble and fail.
They had a really fun time with the project and some students came up with pretty unique bridges. It was also their responsibility to come up with 10 things that they need in order to feel comfortable/have a trusting relationship.
Another fun week with a great lesson in the books!
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