"What the HECK is a PM?!"

A teacher? A friend? A student? What exactly is a peer mentor?  Most people would say that a peer mentor is a teacher’s assistant to help them in class but is that really what it is? I can’t help but to think that a peer mentor has to be something much more meaningful. There’s a vibe that comes from the peer mentor in which the younger students who haven’t been here long pick up the sense of comfort in which they can lean on, especially since they’re not really an authority figure. To the teachers, I’m assuming they’re some sort of helping hand that help encourage doing the work that need to be completed from the class. Personally, I think what works with the peer mentor is that they are just in middle ground between teachers and undergrads who might still be in “high school” mode, while the mentors are in the fully realized “college mode,” the exact perfect transition guide to turn off that high school switch off and flick the college one on. The peer mentors add to the class that extra reach for the class to understand the importance of what the teacher really is saying, not to mention the power to be more personal to the students since 90% of students often feel awkward getting on a personal level with teachers/professors. What I have learned from my peer mentor Kaitlyn is that you can basically do anything in college, more specifically is to make yourself better of you didn’t like what you were in the past.