Mentors and Book Buddies

Chapters 8 and 9 are by far my favorite chapters. I really enjoyed the stories of all these famous people but what I love the most are all the people that mentored these famous ones and helped them to reach their potential. I want to be just like these mentors. That is why I wanted to become a teacher. So I could share my passions with others and help students reach their potential by being a mentor or just someone to turn to for advice on, not only school but life in general. Children need people to look up to and use as a model for their own lives. I had quite a few teachers, librarians and adults in general that encouraged me in ways that I remember to this day. They affected my whole path in life and without those people I might have never taken the same route or got to where I am today. I am an avid reader and when I read about the Book Buddies in the last chapter, I thought this was not only an awesome idea but a monumental one. Why are they doing more things like that? It's not only a great way to get the people in homes to start caring about others, especially after most of their family and people in general have neglected or totally written them off, but to revitalize them in ways that we could only dream of. The fact that the residents included in the program not only need less meds but were looking and feeling younger then they were would be a huge sign that this is a good thing. It also bridges the gap between the technological age children and the adults that lived through some of the toughest times in our history including two world wars and the Great Depression. These chapters were great and I hope to share in more ideas about these chapters later today with everyone! :)

P.S. One of the people mentioned in the last chapter is Paul Potts. He won Britain's Got Talent for his operatic singing. He is phenominal!!!! Go to this link and watch his performance of Nessun Dorma for his first audition for the show!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEo5bjnJViA