More and more adults are returning to the classroom either to keep up with the growing technological divide, or for personal fulfillment. With these adult returning students, it seems that there's a growing need for mentors. If so, check out Mentor by Laurent A. Daloz.
Mentor is a deeply thought-out, intellectual and philosophical discussion of how to be a mentor.
Daloz details his work with richly detailed scenarios, using personal stories and dialog to illustrate individual situations and successes. Farming hasn't much to do, you know, with growing things any more. Mostly it's fixing busted machinery. In his early fifties, he felt time was running out. More than a few of us probably can attest to that sentiment.