Guest guest Posted February 23, 2002 Report Share Posted February 23, 2002 Thu, 21 Feb 2002 16:03:07 -0500 Frances Gander <fgander Re: Re: treatment of cancer patients Fances wrote: >Laurie, >Many of us may be willing to mentor new grads, >but due to the enormous numbers of students being >graduated each year, the pressures of merely >maintaining our practices demands most of our energies. This is the reality. The field is growing rapidly; the ratio of deeply experienced practitioners to novices is tipping out of balance. What's encouraging is the positive response from this herb academy group. It's obvious many of you have a mentoring instinct and a desire to add to the quality and growth of our profession by sharing your experience and knowledge. The expanding student population may tend to overwhelm those instincts, or make it difficult to act on them. However, not every student is inherently worthy of mentorship - the student has to earn such a commitment and invite it. The relationship should be reciprocal. There may actually be sufficient mentors to go around, but it's become more competitive for the serious student to gain their investment. Laurie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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