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Abstract
This autoethnography offered an opportunity to have an open conversation to explore the nature of the long-term relationship with my mentor, Mr. Jiang, who has guided me to grow since I was a high school student. With confidence being a significant theme, our interaction has changed along with my growth from a boy to an independent adult man, a teacher, and now, a doctoral student. Feelings between us have been complicated and featured as puzzled, doubtful, hurt, happy, guilty, and moved. The nature of the relationship is challenging to define accurately, but it is similar to a father/son-like mutually beneficial mentoring relationship. Mr. Jiang grew as a teacher; I grew as a man. Thanks to this autoethnography, he said, “Sometimes it’s destiny that two people meet and recognize each other. I have had so many students but have only met one Si.”
Keywords
father/son-like mentoring, growth, confidence, autoethnography, male
Acknowledgements
The author would like to thank Dr. Judi Harris for her support and guidance on this autoethnography. The author also thanks Dr. Ting Huang, Dr. Grace Giorgio, and Dr. Stephanie McGuire for their insightful feedback.
Publication Date
5-6-2024
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License.
DOI
10.46743/2160-3715/2024.6587
Recommended APA Citation
Chen, S. (2024). Teacher, Model, Father: An Autoethnography of Long-Term Mentoring Between a Male Teacher and a Male Student. The Qualitative Report, 29(5), 1252-1265. https://doi.org/10.46743/2160-3715/2024.6587
ORCID ID
0000-0001-9816-5943
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