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Adult friends offer lifeline to struggling teens A mentor can be a lifeline to a young person struggling to find success. "If you ask kids in academic trouble why they dropped out, invariably the answer is: Nobody cared about me," says Jay Smink, executive director of the National Dropout Prevention Center at Clemson University. "Being a mentor says, I care about you and I'm spending some of my extra time with you." The mentoring program matches adults with students in both elementary and high schools. A tutoring program in which volunteers serve as academic coaches for elementary and high school students. "The reality is, they can and do make a difference." Mentors are role models. They work one-to-one with students. Shared activities can range from job shadowing to attending recreational or cultural events. Sometimes young people just need someone to listen. |
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