My mentor is my best friend and family.

    - Xia Juan （Participant of the Mentoring Program from Huang Zhuang School）

My mentor has very good temper, and after every activity I grew to like her a bit more and to like spending time with her more. I remember once we were playing a group game together. My mentor was blindfolded, and I led her along. Because of my carelessness, I almost caused her to fall! But she was not angry at all, and encouraged me to keep trying. I was very touched.

Another time, I did not do well in my mid-term examination. When my mentor asked me, I told her honestly. Not only did she not criticize me, she asked me to bring her my examination paper, and patiently explained to me each question that I got wrong. She did not find it tiring at all. This touched me greatly. After these two incidences, I have started to regard her as my family in my heart.

Through this mentoring program, I have learned a lot. With the encouragement of my mentor, my grades improved steadily. Because of the study methods my mentor taught me, I was more effective in learning new English vocabulary, and my math reasoning became clearer. This program helped me learn this clearly: If you do not have a good friend in your life journey, if you do not have someone who would encourage and help you, it would be very difficult for you to reach your goals. In fact, you would only go farther and farther from your goals. I believe that my mentor is my best friend and family.