Passionate Mentor Gifts

Teaching kids is my greatest joy...But the bodily violences kinda hard to take.

"I think I can". (train)

Support groups for car repairs.

'This training session is all about challenging assumptions. For example you see someone looking depressed, dishevelled, unkempt it's easy to jump to conclusions. But they may not be a social worker, they may be a client!'

"Of course, a dog's bowl is a good source of food, and yes, the dog will bark at you but it can't stop you from stealing the food..."

'Boss, he followed me home. Can I mentor him?'

I'd climb the highest mountain for you...

It's not always a good idea for two contrarians like you to be together. You hear that, you old battle-axe? Yeah, I hear that, you old coot. That'll be $150.

Clerical Training Course - 'Gentlemen, we are here to practise what we preach.'

'I just feel so used all the time.'

A Lesson in Leadership: Misplacing your keys isn't a problem, unless you have to enlist the whole school's support to find them.

'Apart from illiteracy, low self esteem, homelessness, poverty and a broken home. I can't find any reason for his offending behaviour!'

Client-centered Therapy.

"Alice, please! You're a practice teacher! At some point I have to leave you alone with them!"

'I appreciate Dr. Hill has been a great mentor at the hospital, John... But you don't need and when we go on dates!'

"Maybe I'm too good a mentor."

Addiction Research Centre.

"Just keep going for 12 months."

"Remember that being your mentor doesn't preclude me from testifying against you in a court of law."

"Don't be discouraged. Do it over, monitor the results...write your paper."

Mentors make a difference.

'He's my personal adviser...he's teaching me the air guitar.'

'Heed my words, young Jim- always use a reputable fish pedicurist.'

"Reboot, Robert."

"I don't care what your teachers taught you about moral relativism. In my world there's naughty and there's nice."

"I AM a counsellor..!"

'Hey newbie. Just ease and squeeze, ease and squeeze!'

"You're not as serene as you could be, Fred."

'Norman, mentoring is not about making everybody else the same as you.'

"I'm not angry with you, I'm angry with life!"

'It's the usual story, getting into porn and then hard drugs and things were looking bleak. Then I got parole.'

"Thanks for the pointers."

'You need the practice more than I do.'

"Making a difference doesn't make a difference."

"Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will stay with me forever as they sit inside me,getting turned over and over, being blown completely out of proportion."