Mentorship Meme

<center><img src="https://i.imgur.com/PP9bJpt.gif" width=500> <span style="font:bold 30px courier new;color:navy;text-transform:uppercase">The Mentorship Meme</span> <div style="width:80%;text-align:justify">The relationship between a mentor and a mentee is a special one. In many circumstances, seeking out the guidance of the more experienced is the best (perhaps only) way to achieve mastery over a skill or integrate into a social scene. Often this partnership is one between a younger person and an elder, but not always! Even old dogs can learn new tricks, after all. What skills do you have to share, and would you be willing to help someone in search of your expertise? Or are you the type to take advantage of the inherent imbalance of power in such a relationship? And of course, most importantly: won't anyone notice you? <center> <lj-cut text="Prompts within!"><span style="font:bold 25px courier new;color:navy;text-transform:uppercase">Prompts</span></center> <span style="font:bold 16px courier new;color:navy;text-transform:uppercase">1. teacher and student</span> Could be mundane, or something as fantastical as a school for magic or superheroes. <span style="font:bold 16px courier new;color:navy;text-transform:uppercase">2. tutor and tutee</span> Similar to a teacher and student relationship, but more individual. Tutors often mentor one-on-one, at a tutoring school or at the student's home. <span style="font:bold 16px courier new;color:navy;text-transform:uppercase">3. senpai and kouhai</span> Less experienced "kouhai" are expected to defer to their more experienced "senpai" and look to them as an example. Often, but not always, this refers to upperclassmen and underclassmen at a school. <span style="font:bold 16px courier new;color:navy;text-transform:uppercase">4. hero and sidekick</span> The best way to learn how to vanquish evil is on the job! <span style="font:bold 16px courier new;color:navy;text-transform:uppercase">5. master and protege</span> Martial arts, arcane magics, board games - sometimes the only way to learn is from the best. <span style="font:bold 16px courier new;color:navy;text-transform:uppercase">6. crime boss and underling</span> It's a rough, complex world in the underground and this work is not something you can just look up in a textbook. Following your boss's example may be imperative to your survival. <span style="font:bold 16px courier new;color:navy;text-transform:uppercase">7. elder and younger</span> Not only practical skills, but also knowledge must be passed on to the next generation - and this is something that elders often have in abundance. <span style="font:bold 16px courier new;color:navy;text-transform:uppercase">8. wildcard</span> Anything goes!</div> <div style="width:85%;text-align:right"><small>[ <a href="https://socksonameme.dreamwidth.org/" style="text-decoration:none">Get Memes!</a> ]</small></div><lj-cut> <div style="width:85%;text-align:right"><small>[ <a href="https://socksonameme.dreamwidth.org/" style="text-decoration:none">Get Memes!</a> ]</small></div>


The Mentorship Meme

The relationship between a mentor and a mentee is a special one. In many circumstances, seeking out the guidance of the more experienced is the best (perhaps only) way to achieve mastery over a skill or integrate into a social scene. Often this partnership is one between a younger person and an elder, but not always! Even old dogs can learn new tricks, after all. What skills do you have to share, and would you be willing to help someone in search of your expertise? Or are you the type to take advantage of the inherent imbalance of power in such a relationship?

And of course, most importantly: won't anyone notice you?


( Prompts within! )