Re: Student Mentorship

["Ralph M. Deal" <deal@xxxxxxxx>]

Hi, Josh,

We appreciate your writing to us concerning a possible mentorship for
next
year.  Have you received any offers yet?  If not, let me know and I'll
try 
bringing up your request again.  See note below.

Best,   Ralph M. Deal   deal@kzoo.edu

> High school student looking for mentorship for the 2001-2002 school year.
> 
> In more depth:
>    I am a junior at the Kalamazoo Area Math and Science Center (KAMSC), a
> magnet school for math, science, and computer science.  Next year, as a
> senior, I am planning on participating in the KAMSC mentorship program through
> which students work with a mentor in the field of work in which the student is
> interested.  The KAMSC mentorship program involves the student working
> on-the-job as an assistant and student to the mentor for a minimum of one hour
> per week.  Being a likely computer science major, and realizing that many KLUG
> members work in the computer industry, I decided that an e-mail to this list
> might result in me finding the perfect mentor.
. . .

Good that you let us know about this problem.  It may still put off some
potential
mentors.  It might be helpful to give more details on your trouble. 
Just what did
you do and how did KAMSC handle it?

> Note: In the interest of full disclosure, I got in some trouble this year at
> school for computer tampering.  However, I have no interest in breaking into
> your computer system at your place of business; I have learned my lesson.  I
> know now that curiosity is a good thing, but there are times when you just
> need to leave things alone.