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PFRC Mentor form

Gaia Name: Nuri

Date: 03/08/07

Age: 22

Path/What you want to teach:
Hellenic Paganism/Mythology
General Paganism


Respond to each question fully, and in paragraph form. Spelling and grammar count.



For each subject, please write why you wish to teach it.

Hellenic Paganism and Mythology: In the pagan family, this is where I most fall under. I feel that I have a lot of information and background knowledge that can be useful to others. Mythology intrigued me from a young age and I am passionate about different school of interpretation. My biggest influences are feminist, archetypal, and structural interpreation, although not usually at the same time.

General Paganism: I feel strongly that everyone experiences their spirituality differently, and what I believe isn't going to be helpful for everybody else or even right! I view my gift here to be helping others find their way in the confusing paganism scene.

In addition, I have a basic knowledge of criticism and philosophy of religious belief.

For each subject, please state your qualifications.

HP/M: I am a Hellenic Polytheist, and have been so for nearing four years. In this time I have done a substantial amount of research and exploration of the HP universe. As for mythology, I have done as much, if not more, research in that area. It is trite to say, but I had an A in Myth and Meaning, and was an assistant to my Classics professor for a wide variety of projects.

For each subject, please provide a basic format for your mentoring.

For all: I will utlize my topic as a public Q&A forum, as well as a starting point for my mentee, filled with links and books and all sorts of goodies. If a student doesn't feel comfortable with putting his or her questions in public, then they can PM me.

For both, I try to guide students towards resources that will help them, and answer questions as needed.

What do you expect from your students?

I expect my students to work, and if I say to find a resource that I cannot provide, that they make the effort to do so. If I ask a question, that they will answer it. If they are lost or confused, I expect them to tell me so.

How much time are you willing to devote to the program?

I currently spend about an hour a week finding materials and PMing mentee's. Barring any changes, this seems to be enough.

How would you handle a situation in which a student disagreed with you or had concerns with the way you taught?
I would try to address their concerns over the way I teach, but if we could not reach an agreement, I would stop being their mentor.

I disagree with a lot of my current mentee's, but as a general paganism mentor, this is bound to happen. I can address my views, but ultimately, my goal is to produce thoughtful thinkers. I cannot do this if I tell students what to believe.


What do you feel is a reasonable consequence if their participation in the program is lacking?
I would inform them of the problem I am having, consult the crew members of the guild if that doesn't work, and in that final situation, I would tell them that I am dropping them from the caseload. When they are ready to talk again, they may come back from wherever we left off.

How would you handle a situation in which their student became non-responsive?

If they are truely non-responsive, I would send them a final PM, asking for a response back in a week. If I get none, I will drop them from the caseload.