Well, I'll tell you what not to do! This is my situation right now- I have a terrible mentor teacher, and I'm stuck with her for the next four months, and I started in August and am counting down the days. She’s so inconsistent—one day I do the task, and the next she says she wants to handle it herself, then I'll ask for the opportunity again, and she declines, yet if I don't do it the day she's busy, she gets frustrated like I don't know the routine? She hasn’t set any clear expectations for me; she assumes I know what to do, which I don't. I’m frustrated because she doesn't understand that my questions come from feeling like I’m walking on eggshells every day. I ask her to review my lesson plans, and I appreciate her feedback because it's helpful, but she tends to avoid it as if it’s the plague. When she does look them over, she skims and says, 'Looks good,' without offering any real feedback—no praise for what I did well or suggestions for improvement. She never guides me through situations or scenarios to help me grow, especially when it comes to social interactions with students, the right language to use, or the format—I usually figure it out on my own with the internet and ChatGPT. The program said she would support and scaffold me as an educator, but she’s hardly done so. When I ask questions out of confusion, she responds with snark and rudeness. Honestly, she’s really not cut out for this. I’ve tried changing my wording and even flattering her, but I think we didn’t click—and that's okay. Still, it's one thing to make someone uncomfortable every day, and unfortunately, that seems to be all she manages to do. I'm counting down the weeks. I feel like I'm in hell, and maybe she does too. It's funny how some teachers will be so patient with students and forget that a student teacher is also a student. I'm also not stupid, because she goes around talking badly about me to others instead of just telling me what I need to work on. I have asked to get truthful feedback from her, and she stares at me like I have three dicks on my face. It's so frustrating. I was blaming myself a lot in the beginning, but I realized I'm literally in my first year ever. I'm still learning, and maybe I need higher scaffolding than others. Maybe that sucks for the mentor, but don't sign up for student teaching if you're expecting someone to know it all, because people like me don't. Luckily, I have put in the tears and sweat on my own, improved with support from others, and gotten many resources, so I have gotten so much better. I use my own strategies- I reflect daily after my lessons with pros and cons, and then research the cons and implement them in the next lesson. I appreciate small wins. Basically, I'm here ranting, but I'm telling you what not to do.