Mentors?

[abraxas]

Tutor, mentor. What's the difference?

 

[Sw1tchFX]

IMO a Mentor is more of a personal/emotional experience.

 

[Josh66]

You have to pay a tutor.

Plus, I think "mentor" usually sounds wiser (or is that "more wise"...not sure if wiser is a word...) and more experienced.

 

[flygning]

I agree that a mentor tends to be more personal, almost someone you feel you could trust with anything, including your worst work. There is more respect involved.

 

[Overread]

A tutor implies that they are directly teaching you a subject whilst a mentor is someone whome you respect who is advising and guiding you through something.

Very hazy lines to draw I agree for a tutor can also be a mentor and a mentor a tutor.

If you like, I chose the name of mentor because it is a little less formal than a tutor. Plus a tutor implies a degree or some such other bit of paper proving a level of understanding whilst a mentor is often judged soley upon the end product - which in the end is a bigger part of the online mentor system set up here

 

[abraxas]

A tutor implies that they are directly teaching you a subject whilst a mentor is someone whome you respect who is advising and guiding you through something.

Very hazy lines to draw I agree for a tutor can also be a mentor and a mentor a tutor.

If you like, I chose the name of mentor because it is a little less formal than a tutor. Plus a tutor implies a degree or some such other bit of paper proving a level of understanding whilst a mentor is often judged soley upon the end product - which in the end is a bigger part of the online mentor system set up here

Do you have a dictionary?

 

[Overread]

Do you have a dictionary?

currently its burried under about 5 layers of other books under a few boxes
and yes I am too lazy to search for the words
that is just the thought that comes to my mind upon hearing the words - right or wrong its how I view them (though its not a set in stone definition)

 

[Josh66]

Tutor: a person employed to instruct another in some branch or branches of learning, esp. a private instructor.

Mentor: a wise and trusted counselor or teacher.

You hire a tutor to help you learn something. A mentor is more like an experienced co-worker who takes you under his/her wing.

 

[abraxas]

Ok. What on earth is a 'mentee'?

 

[tirediron]

Ok. What on earth is a 'mentee'?

I'd say one who is mentored.

 

[abraxas]

I'd say one who is mentored.

A what on earth is mentored? Is that like a verb- some esoteric action word?

 

[Alpha]

According to the Oxford English Dictionary:

A mentor is defined as "a person who acts as guide and adviser to another person, esp. one who is younger and less experienced. Later, more generally: a person who offers support and guidance to another; an experienced and trusted counsellor or friend; a patron, a sponsor."

The word can also be used as a verb.

Oddly enough, the OED actually does maintain that "mentee" is a word, although it was invented in 1965 by an American, so I don't personally think that counts.

 

[abraxas]

According to the Oxford English Dictionary:

A mentor is defined as "a person who acts as guide and adviser to another person, esp. one who is younger and less experienced. Later, more generally: a person who offers support and guidance to another; an experienced and trusted counsellor or friend; a patron, a sponsor."

The word can also be used as a verb.

Oddly enough, the OED actually does maintain that "mentee" is a word, although it was invented in 1965 by an American, so I don't personally think that counts.

TIME: CLICK!!!!

Thank you Alpha. That quiz had to be excruciating for everyone.

Your off the list, despite yourself

 

[Alpha]

I don't quite follow.

 

[abraxas]

Of course not.