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It is a great opportunity for me to think about my role as a mentor by reflecting my own experience of being a mantee

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It is a great opportunity for me to think about my role as a mentor by reflecting my own experience of being a mantee

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My identity does not have to be exactly same as my mantees to help them.

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My identity does not have to be exactly same as my mantees to help them.

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people constantly assuming that I can't possibly be in the right place 

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people constantly assuming that I can't possibly be in the right place 

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Talking with people from different backgrounds is ok and in-fact can be beneficial!

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Talking with people from different backgrounds is ok and in-fact can be beneficial!

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angry ... about all the obstacles in my way 

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angry ... about all the obstacles in my way 

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As I changed my professional identity from a researcher in algebraic geometry to a beginning researcher in math education, I felt very disoriented and I perhaps misread peoples' reactions to me as being unwelcoming. It took a few mentors to help me start navigating that.

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As I changed my professional identity from a researcher in algebraic geometry to a beginning researcher in math education, I felt very disoriented and I perhaps misread peoples' reactions to me as being unwelcoming. It took a few mentors to help me start navigating that.

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Overwhemed; didn't know what I was doing or where to look for help. Frustrated; felt like I was spinning wheels & going nowhere.

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Overwhemed; didn't know what I was doing or where to look for help. Frustrated; felt like I was spinning wheels & going nowhere.

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Having trust in mentees to know and forge their own path. Trust in their competence.

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Having trust in mentees to know and forge their own path. Trust in their competence.

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I would be wasting someone else’s time asking them to guide/mentor me

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Finding a new career path with no support from those who have power over me.

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Finding a new career path with no support from those who have power over me.

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Figuring out (implicit) expectations people have towards me and also figuring out my own expectations towards people around me

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there's no such thing as being too proactive about advocating for my needs

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there's no such thing as being too proactive about advocating for my needs

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Reluctant to reach out and ask for mentoring.

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Reluctant to reach out and ask for mentoring.

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After finding math very easy for a long time, I finally came to a problem in a (college) math course that...I didn't have any idea how to solve. I felt my life was coming to an end.
I remember sitting in the common room in a panic. But  I tried to reassure myself to keep looking at the problem, and after a while the light dawned. I try now to help my students feel they have the space to fail before succeeding.

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naively confident, then suddenly aware of everything that I didn't know yet and couldn't possibly ever know in my lifetime!

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naively confident, then suddenly aware of everything that I didn't know yet and couldn't possibly ever know in my lifetime!

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I learned to be vulnerable and reach out to many people for mentoring.

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I learned to be vulnerable and reach out to many people for mentoring.

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Waking up in the morning and having no idea what I was supposed to be doing with my time in order to make progress

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Waking up in the morning and having no idea what I was supposed to be doing with my time in order to make progress

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How do you find these mentors?? How do we help our undergrads find these people?? This can be anxiety inducing! (I know from personal experience)

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How do you find these mentors?? How do we help our undergrads find these people?? This can be anxiety inducing! (I know from personal experience)

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Not all advice from everyone is worth listening to.  It's okay to be selective about which advice you take in.

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Not all advice from everyone is worth listening to.  It's okay to be selective about which advice you take in.

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this is where I realize I never had a mentor-type person that I could trust to have my best interest in mind

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this is where I realize I never had a mentor-type person that I could trust to have my best interest in mind

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reminds me that things are difficult for people in different ways, so I can be an effective listener

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reminds me that things are difficult for people in different ways, so I can be an effective listener

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Afraid

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I had an amazing amount of privilege, so obstacles were *not* that many. My degree and institution instilled trust in others. As a cis, white person I had an easy time feeling confident and inherent/assumed belonging in many different professional spaces.

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I had an amazing amount of privilege, so obstacles were *not* that many. My degree and institution instilled trust in others. As a cis, white person I had an easy time feeling confident and inherent/assumed belonging in many different professional spaces.

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(at the beginning of the pandemic as a new faculty member)

I felt really alone, like I was completely on my own and had no guidance. I knew that everyone else was also navigating something new, but I had a lot of new - teaching online, not being a student anymore, transitioning to being faculty, being part of a new system. I felt like I was left behind.

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learning professional practices and discourse; wanting to upend some of these and yet wanting to be part of that world.

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learning professional practices and discourse; wanting to upend some of these and yet wanting to be part of that world.

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I try to validate mentees feelings and experiences first and foremost

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I try to validate mentees feelings and experiences first and foremost

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Graduate school is not for me.

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Sometimes mentoring responsibilities are unofficial; sometimes unplanned-you have no choice but to accept a position that requires you to be a mentor.

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Sometimes mentoring responsibilities are unofficial; sometimes unplanned-you have no choice but to accept a position that requires you to be a mentor.

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I don't have to know everything, others are typically supportive and want me to succeed, and I am more capable than I know.

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I don't have to know everything, others are typically supportive and want me to succeed, and I am more capable than I know.

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I am learning to both allow myself to be mentored but also to own my own identity and not allow it to be "granted" to me.

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I am learning to both allow myself to be mentored but also to own my own identity and not allow it to be "granted" to me.

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I often think about the way my path might have been different (for better or worse) if I had had an effective mentor at various professional stages

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I often think about the way my path might have been different (for better or worse) if I had had an effective mentor at various professional stages

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Create welcoming spaces where people are comfortable being vulnerable. 

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Create welcoming spaces where people are comfortable being vulnerable. 

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I will not always receive mentoring by “happenstance” when I need it

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I will not always receive mentoring by “happenstance” when I need it

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I like to believe that a role that any mentee might play is to find/play out a new conception of what it means to be a "professional"

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I like to believe that a role that any mentee might play is to find/play out a new conception of what it means to be a "professional"

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I started graduate school with the mentality that "well, I'll see how it goes, I might flunk out in a few months"- certainly was not confident that I belonged

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felt out of place at time, looking through the lens of weakness only.

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felt out of place at time, looking through the lens of weakness only.

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I need to talk to people. I’m not the only person questioning myself. Everyone struggles and we can lean on each other to get through it.

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When I came to MSRI as director in 1997, I had the mistaken sense that the postdocs were essentially grownups who didn't need much to be happy and successful. Each pd was assigned a mentor...and that was it; I thought that if the pd wanted mentoring in some particular aspect, they would find it in the many more senior mathematicians in the program.

Over the years I changed my mind, and realized  that mentoring was intensely desired by most (not all) of the postdocs. In this time we developed more and more systematic mentoring systems to ensure that mentor and mentee made extensive and meaningful contact around a number of dimensions. To this end we developed a sheet of topics, distributed to mentor and mentee, and made a strong expectation that regular weekly meetings would be scheduled in advance. This didn't always work! -- I but I think that in general the pd satisfaction increased greatly with this process.
--David Eisenbud

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Time management, clear communication, motivation

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Time management, clear communication, motivation

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My thoughts started to meander on how I can grew through and with the powers of influences by collaborated grafting, thus producing something new. Hence, impoving access and unlocking new ideas while learning from each others lived experiences and the environment. 

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My thoughts started to meander on how I can grew through and with the powers of influences by collaborated grafting, thus producing something new. Hence, impoving access and unlocking new ideas while learning from each others lived experiences and the environment. 

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I've always navigated my math journey alone. I'm learning I don't have to, but haven't figured out how to find the people to help me along my journey. 

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I've always navigated my math journey alone. I'm learning I don't have to, but haven't figured out how to find the people to help me along my journey. 

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Even a bad situation can turn out to be beneficial; your trajectory may change but you can still grow & move forward.

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Even a bad situation can turn out to be beneficial; your trajectory may change but you can still grow & move forward.

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the advice i received was often about what was better for the person offering the advice than it was for me

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the advice i received was often about what was better for the person offering the advice than it was for me

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Surround yourself with people who build you up, and avoid as much as possible people who will tear you down

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Create opportunities for students to interact with each other meaningfully and build connections.

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Some people care about my success and well-being, others do not.

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Some people care about my success and well-being, others do not.

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transitioning from student to researcher; recognizing that my advisor saw me as a peer/colleague in his research who had valuable ideas to contribute to the project instead of just being someone that completes assigned tasks

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transitioning from student to researcher; recognizing that my advisor saw me as a peer/colleague in his research who had valuable ideas to contribute to the project instead of just being someone that completes assigned tasks

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in most departments, there are not enough faculty from underrepresented groups in math to mentor all the students from underrepresented groups

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I'm really reflecting on a particular person who simultaneously uplifted and pushed me down (to this day!). She was instrumental in this particular transition and challenge, and continues to be. But also continues to be toxic. How can such a person both uplift and poison?

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I'm really reflecting on a particular person who simultaneously uplifted and pushed me down (to this day!). She was instrumental in this particular transition and challenge, and continues to be. But also continues to be toxic. How can such a person both uplift and poison?

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I still fail at things (e.g., publishing) even though I've had success, and I need to help my students to understand that is ok, and how best to learn from these setbacks.

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I still fail at things (e.g., publishing) even though I've had success, and I need to help my students to understand that is ok, and how best to learn from these setbacks.

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Intentionally look for people for whom I can be a mentor

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Intentionally look for people for whom I can be a mentor

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Really thinking about how happenstance mentoring is a reflection of privilege.  Also pondering the question of whether mentoring in mathematical practices is inherently enacting whiteness.

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Really thinking about how happenstance mentoring is a reflection of privilege.  Also pondering the question of whether mentoring in mathematical practices is inherently enacting whiteness.

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Understanding that mentorship overlaps with every aspect of a wholistic living and one's affect.

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Understanding that mentorship overlaps with every aspect of a wholistic living and one's affect.

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How do we integrate this into our work? How does it become a natural part of our day/week/year AND how can it be recognized as an important part of our job ... maybe we need to be doing this and NOT doing some less impactful thing (what is that thing btw?)

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How do we integrate this into our work? How does it become a natural part of our day/week/year AND how can it be recognized as an important part of our job ... maybe we need to be doing this and NOT doing some less impactful thing (what is that thing btw?)

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it is hard to ask for help... let alone ask someone to mentor you

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it is hard to ask for help... let alone ask someone to mentor you

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I think what I want to reflect on is to be willing to BE willing   -   and to see the many opportunities that mentorship reavel bit by bit.  

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I think what I want to reflect on is to be willing to BE willing   -   and to see the many opportunities that mentorship reavel bit by bit.  

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Be more sensitive about whether I am making others feel welcomed and that I am available to mentor those who I might not immediately relate to.

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Be more sensitive about whether I am making others feel welcomed and that I am available to mentor those who I might not immediately relate to.

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No one is going to know I'm struggling in XYZ unless I say something

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No one is going to know I'm struggling in XYZ unless I say something