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“According to various dictionary definitions, a mentor is a wise counselor. Wise is having prudent seasoned under-standing, and a counselor is one who gives advice ” (Parse, 2002, p. 97). Mentoring in general, then, is offering prudent advice. Milton (2004) defined mentorship as “a purposeful, cocreated journey of coming to know, while risking engag-ing with others in the mysterious, paradoxical performing drama of leadership ” (p. 117). She further explained that mentorship is a teaching-learning process and that mentors and protégés work together to unearth ideas and projects during a mentoring journey (Milton, 2004). Carroll (2004) reported that, according to Greek mythology, Mentor was a friend of Odysseus and was given the task by the king to watch his young son Telemachus while Odysseus was fighting the Trojan War. The myth depicts a mentor as a wise advisor, one who is in a position to provide guidance. An example of another famous mentor-mentee pairing is found in the relationship between Thomas Jefferson and Merriweather [sic] Lewis. The Journals of Lewis and Clark (DeVoto, 1997) chronicle the guidance and support provided by Jefferson to prepare Lewis for sheparding [sic] the jour-ney west across America.... Another famous mentor-mentee pairing is between composer Oscar Hammerstei