MENTU

Fostering a love for reading one page at a time. Our goal is to foster a love of reading for our students.

Reading as fun and leisure or a sincere desire for reading seems to be an ancient pursuit, if not lost completely, among high school students today. The lack of love for reading stems from our current social constraints. For middle to high school students, strict curriculums prohibit book selection freedom and confuses authoritative assignments with reading, leading students to “hate” reading. For

adults, it could be the perception that there is a lack of time, or don’t know where to start. MENTU strives to bring back the love of reading to everyone. Our students, through MENTU, have regained their desire and discovered that reading truly empowers them. Hence, we “read to win.”

We seek to pair students, or mentees, with professional and personable mentors, determined by the student's specific interests, hobbies, curiosities, and career paths, to ultimately reinforce a passion for reading. Through a period of initial interviews, MENTU understands the personalities, strengths and weaknesses of our mentees, and then finds the right mentor for that specific mentee. The selected mentor motivates the mentee to read and in turn, to succeed. Mentors at MENTU are able to select suitable books for their students, as well as books that the mentors themselves want to explore. We have researched a large selection of books in our ongoing database. We also respect what mentors are in high desire for in terms of the types of knowledge and fun that they want to acquire. Our mission is to foster a personalized mentor plan and reading schedule for all. We approach each student by understanding their individual academic and personal interests. We provide them with suitable books and guide them in advancing their reading comprehension, oral expression, and critical thinking skills.

10/04/2017

Thanks to everyone who came by to our meet up this past weekend! Please find more info by clicking on the link in our bio 😉

09/25/2017

✨ MENTU Conversations ✨
Greetings from our newest mentor Dylan Okabe-Jawdat! 🙌🏼
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"I've always enjoyed reading short stories that focus on immigrant experiences, as well as fiction that touches more broadly on race. Some of my favorite works that I read in high school include Don Lee's 'Yellow' and Ralph Ellison's 'Invisible Man'. As someone who studied history in college, I loved having the chance to read and write about historical theory alongside works of fiction that made me rethink and reexamine events in the world."
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Dylan graduated from Columbia University as a history and political science major. Click on www.mentu.io to learn more! ☝🏼

09/13/2017

MENTU Conversations
Meet Candy Shi, a sophomore in Virginia, who has been a long-time student at MENTU.

"When I’m stressed out, I’ll read a book to help me relax and feel better. I read about characters who overcome really challenging issues, and they just make me think that I can also help myself in difficult situations. For example, when I’m homesick, I read a book about a character who has also gone through something similar and it allows me to feel like I’m not alone when I’m having trouble."

Learn how to get involved like Candy at http://www.mentu.io

09/07/2017

Happy National Read a Book Day! Here's a little video to help you understand HOW and WHY we read! 👩‍🏫

In which John Green kicks off the Crash Course Literature mini series with a reasonable set of questions. Why do we read? What's the point of reading critica...

09/06/2017

MENTU Conversations
Meet Caitlyn Seed, a psychology major at University of Virginia in Charlottesville. She has been a MENTU Mentor for 1 year.

"Books are so powerful that I would say the very way I think has been changed by reading. It's not always about getting a really profound message out of a book, for me. Sometimes its just a quote or an image that sticks. Kesey has this great quote in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, 'Man, when you lose your laugh, you lose your footing' and it resonated with me in a way I can't even describe. I think about that idea every day -- how important it is to not take everything seriously, to be able to laugh."

Here's a little introduction of one of our mentors at MENTU! She's also been reading ever since she was a child, as shown in her picture with her dad and her dog!

Check us out for more info or sign up as a mentor at www.mentu.io

09/02/2017

Fridays are perfect for a lazy afternoon spent reading and eating banana bread. 🍌

"The Girl Who Played With Fire" by Stieg Larsson

Check us out on our website to learn more: www.mentu.io

08/29/2017

MENTU Conversations
Meet Anais Durand, a Neuroscience major at McGill University. She has been a MENTU Mentor with us for 2 months!

"I had a double jaw surgery senior year in high school which made it really hard to talk, eat or live a normal life for some time. I actually read a lot during that time because that was all I could do without getting tired. It's made me a lot more resilient and optimistic; it made me realize that bad moments are always temporary!"

Welcoming one of our newest members, Anais Durand, on the MENTU Mentor team.

Check out our website for more info: www.mentu.io

08/21/2017

Interested in reading and mentoring students? We're looking for passionate readers now! Visit our website to learn more here: http://www.mentu.io 😁

Personalized Mentor Plans and Reading Schedules for All.

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106 W 32nd Street
New York, NY
10001

Telephone

(617) 949-9130

Website

http://www.mentu.io/

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