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Chapter 66: Mentoring-behind the scenes

Lucas' POV
You may be wondering what helps YZ and I to blow up less at our CCA mates. Here was our secret formula recommended by Crystal Ong (ofc).
Lucas' room
"And share screen," I mumbled to myself while on Discord. Continuous beeps flooded through the voice room as I met my new students which I was apparently supposed to mentor. I then looked at the "Five Principles of a Mentor" Crystal shared with me. She said she got it at a facilitator camp at the end of Secondary 1.

Five Principles of a Mentor
1. be concise
2. Be diplomatic
3. Be friendly
4. Be approachable
5. Be patient

I decided to place the sheet of paper next to me at all times, choosing to follow the directions based on my own interpretation. I decided to slap on a natural smile throughout, keeping my naturally normal voice. As I went through my slides, I decided to improvise on the spot, keeping the main point while making it easy for people to understand. After all, I was going to be a lower secondary history mentor, and not everyone in the room was strong at history. I had to be approachable while I was at it, because some people would be wondering why history had to be learnt. I did what I wished I had done to convince Ethan that history wasn't as bad as he thought it was. Hopefully I can convince them it was all worth it, and maybe get some elect history students too!

The one hour topic review was all worth it, and my hands were shaking and sweating, and I was breathing like a dog. All of a sudden, I got a discord DM from Crystal Ong herself: you did great for your first mentoring session. But if you wanna answer questions from students that didn't understand please don't give your grandfather's version of the Japanese occupation thank you.
YZ's POV
Since this server were lacking biology students good enough at their craft to teach I was given the job no one wanted. I decided to use this opportunity to break down cells because Ethan realised some people didn't even know what was cytoplasm about and was worried since that was allegedly the first topic in their biology syllabus.

I knew without a doubt, creating the slides and teaching wasn't the hardest part. It was making sure I didn't snap people. At Crystal's suggestion, she gave me a set of flash cards to prepare myself to answer their questions in the most diplomatic and concise way possible. I practiced this 30 minutes a day to make sure my emotions didn't control me when people said they didn't know how to do it.
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The session was a breeze! I was able to explain everything properly and when people unmuted to ask about certain questions, I was able to answer them with patience. However, I must admit I got stumped
when someone asked me "what are the most commonly asked questions?" I froze. I must improvise! ...but I have done enough questions to answer.

"I guess you just have identify the parts of the cell and draw the cell as they asked you? It's a simple topic, but you should give some time for it too," I explained. The people all left the voice chat when I finished the session and Crystal unmuted. I was expecting a torrent of criticism, but she just told me to "improve my scope of questions asked so I can tackle them more diplomatically." She logged off after that, and I logged off my computer too. I need to compile a "what kind of questions would be tested" card for all the topics I've learnt so far.