If I put myself out there I can do anything. In the mentoring program I have been able to share my passion with someone.
Stephanie
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Hello everyone, I would like to tell you what I have learnt during mentoring. I've learnt that when I put my mind to it, I can really do it. I have also learnt there are lots of jobs out there that I can do. I have had a lot of fun during Plan-it Youth sessions. Thank you very much to all the mentors, especially mine.
Chrissy |
Adrian helped me a lot by helping me decide what I want to be. I think he is the only one I have known who has gone along with my decision to be a chef. You helped me a lot over the semester by helping me believe that I should follow what I want to be and not what someone else wants me to be. Thank you.
Jordan |
I believe if it was not for my mentor or Plan-it Youth I would not have realised my potential to achieve great things in this world.
Ben |
Before I started mentoring I didn't any idea of whether I wanted to stay at school or finish at Y10. Plan-it Youth has helped me decide what I want to do when I leave school. It has given me a better idea of the workforce. I would like to thank my mentor, Ted and all the other mentors for helping me with my future.
Jeremy |
I have really enjoyed Plan-it Youth. I have gained confidence and have good knowledge as to my future and my career.
Alison |
I really liked listening to my mentor's life story and listening to all the jobs you he has had. Thank you for getting me work experience at the Apollo Motel. From the work experience I have been able to get a job.
Jordan |
Mentors helped me to decide what to do when I leave school.
Waylan |
Before I started i had my mind set on one career and one only. Mick showed me that there's lots of choices and if one doesn't work, there's others.
Ben |
I really thought that I wouldn't be able to talk to someone who is older than me, about my career . I thought they wouldn't understand what teenagers would want to be these days, but you changed my mind on that one. You understood me like you were about as young as me and I thank you for that.
Jordan |
I thought I was underachieving and the mentors were really non-judgemental. Thank you for giving me confidence.
Jacinta |
Plan -it Youth helped me to make my own decisions. I couldn't do that before.
Josh |
| My mentor Megan has helped me realise that you can talk about things but they will never get done until you get off b… and do it! She has also taught me the difference between knowing what you want to do and thinking you know what you want to do - like I wanted to become a teacher. I did work experience and realised that kids weren’t for me!
Jess |
I used not to believe in myself and now I trust in myself and things can happen for me.
Crystal |
Some comments from Tomaree students on their time with their mentor. My mentor….
• was a really cool friend. Maddie
• helped me how to study. She helped me heaps. Alyssa
• helped me with my resume and we also talked a lot. Katelyn
• was great. She broadened my horizons about nursing and we laughed too. Jessica
• helped me choose my subjects. Sophie
• is really understanding and caring and listened to what I had to say. Brittany |
The last couple of years I haven’t been a good student. I’ve struggled a lot. Programs like this have kept me on track and help kids like me to finish their Year 10 certificate. Mentoring is one of the few things I’ve started and finished. Plan-it Youth was a big help. I know what I want to do when I finish school and what I have to do to reach my future goals.”
Natasha |
I’ve gained a lot of confidence – I even went for a job and got it! And that was from the help of my mentor.
Kim |
I thought they’d be a bunch of old people telling you what to do. They weren’t like that at all. They were really helpful and a lot of fun.
Alex |
Before and After.
Before mentoring the thing I was unsure about was my career path and mentoring helped me not physically but mentally in my head. I did a 12 week course and gained SO MUCH. I never knew I had such opportunities and options about my life path. I think of it this way. If you are on the right train to start with at least you know that it is the right one and if you hop off it you know where to find it. It's like mentoring- if you get help to find your career path and then you get discouraged about it you know you can ask if its OK or if there is something wrong about it.
With Plan –it Youth its a good environment to be in. There are no wrong or right answers; there’s only different answers.
It is not only a career “thing.” Its about the future; “your” future and now after (being on the program), I can do interviews, I can feel confident, I can feel like I have a chance even when they say, “sorry but you are not what we are looking for.”
It helps that you know about things and trust me there is a lot that you don’t (know about).
Well, to be truthful, I don’t know what I would be thinking if Plan-It Youth didn’t come along. I don’t even know if I would be thinking at all or have any idea about it - my future.
The longer you do it the more experience you gain. The first thought is never your last or the one you stick with.
So it’s your life; it’s your decision. They cannot help you if you don’t help yourself. It starts with you!
Matt |
