I usually shadow in the beginning few days of the week (Monday afternoons and Tuesday mornings). My mentors taught me about the art of scheduling and what it means to be a good mentor. For scheduling, they showed me how to be as fair as possible when giving out shifts and how to organize consultant requests with an excel chart. In terms of being a good mentor, there are a few qualities that one should have before becoming someone’s mentor. They have to be approachable and must be able to be willing to share their skills and knowledge. Having a positive attitude and interest only benefits the mentor-mentee relationship. I felt empowered to be just like my mentors, who were both kind-hearted yet stern when dealing with consultants.

On Friday, we toured the ECC building. I learned a lot about the way our campus works. Previously, Jasmine had told me a little about this tour and how it was her favorite tour. She gave me a few details but it was because I wanted the tour to be more of an awe and jaw-dropping experience. We saw the many precautions that they took in there. You had to beep your card at the entrance for access, the doors had fire-proof precautions in the event that a fire started, it wouldn’t spread to other areas, and tons of security cameras. Everything on that tour was completely fascinating. Behzad showed us all the wires that each one connected to and their importance. He showed us that just by simply tearing a few wires, it would take a lot of teamwork to re piece those wires back together (although he could do it in 20 minutes if he tried). He showed us many different rooms, each time explaining the precautions that came with the room as well as functions of them. Towards the end of the tour, he let us walk into his office, and he showed us a very fascinating yet creepy system. It allowed him to track where a person who logged into WolfieNet-Secure had connected to all day. It showed the path the person took because the device pinged for connection each time. Although very useful if the information is used to find a lost phone or something, albeit I thought it to be a little too creepy.