KGS Mentoring Scheme
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I started the KGS Mentoring Scheme mainly to help beginners learn and understand Go in a coherent fashion. Unfortunately I was unable to continue maintaining the scheme although there was considerable interest.
What I proposed was to have people in the scheme assigned a student AND a mentor: Someone they could teach and someone they could learn from. My philosophy on teaching is that almost everyone should be teaching someone else. To teach is to learn twice, or so I believe. By trying to explain what you understand to someone else, you are forced to justify your own beliefs in the process.
The way the scheme began was to have someone 6 stones stronger act as a mentor for someone else and help them gain 3 stones. My hope was that the student would get more coherent guidance, rather than learning through trial-and-error and isolated teaching games.
Since I cannot continue maintaining the scheme I am opening it up to the public forum (a great suggestion made by a couple of people). Whether or not people wish to stick to the ideas as I have layed them out above is unimportant - I hope the scheme will continue to evolve and be useful.
-- JadeGarden
If you want to know how to add yourself to this page, see my homepage. iLoveSai.
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Shaydwyrm: Another thing I'd like to add is that the first thing you should do after adding yourself to this list is find a prospective mentor and student on the list that could match up with you. A lot of people seem to just be sitting on the list, hoping that someone will offer to mentor them or ask to be their student (or maybe they just haven't updated the list...). Take the initiative and ask someone to mentor you if you're looking for a teacher, and teachers, feel free to be nice and offer to mentor someone ^_^. Unless there's nobody around 6 stones away from you, I would say you should not stay on the unmatched list for more than a week.
jfc: how about a KGS room where unpaired students and mentors can hang out and meet? This way it is easy to see who, among the unpaired folks, logs on the same time as you.
Mef: The KGS Teaching Ladder may work for something along those lines.
Eluusive?: Please try to insert your name in order by rank and then by alphabet. That way people can find their mentors and students more easily.
Mentors and students
- Velirun (3d) ---> WuQingyuan (3k) ---> sarutan (18k)
- Nugatory (-) ---> Slade (4k)
- Tamsin (1k) ---> AhoChan (7k)
- crackers (1k) ---> shanghai? (7k)
- jonathan (3k) ---> DrizztDo (13k) ---> Useless (19k)
- Meditation (3k) ---> Ginko (11k)
- Mef (4k) ---> truesaint (12k)
- Kaiser (5k) ---> Carioca (11k)
- JadeGarden (5k) ---> p7a77 (10k)
- reptar (6k?) ---> maltar (14k)
- Dakre (6k) ---> Uttegae (18k)
- Xris (6k) ---> Bellicose (12k)
- derek88 (7k) ---> schwako (10k)
- holynec (7k) ---> Osmosis (10k)
- Juhazi (7k) ---> Sbetsho (16k)
- Aito (8k) ---> Marksg50 (15k) (07.01.05)
- AhoChan (8k) ---> evergreen (18k)
- iranai (8k) ---> mach1 (12k)
- qiankun (8k) ---> neji (17k)
- BuddyL (8k) ---> Frarugby (17k)
- chrisberth (9k)---> bathrmsink (11k?)
- p7a77 (10k) ---> Keith910 (17k)
- Exar (10k) ---> Peantoo (15k)
- carioca (11k) ---> exar (10k)
- gbin (11k) ---> alexisV (19k)
- arkuat (12k) ---> isceald (18k)
- GrandYan (12k) ---> nisan (21k)
- DrizztDo (13k) ---> Useless (19k)
- NannyOgg (15k) ---> hammarbach (26k?)
- Frarugby (17k) ---> Phoenix14 (26k?)
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Mentors in-waiting
- sydboy79 (4d)
- Velirun (2d)
- usagi (2d)
- tartuffe (4k)
- Lynx (Currently BloodyRose? on KGS) 5k
- Cloud122 (5k)
- random27 (5k)
- winni (5k)
- gyakusetsu (6k)
- Chalx (6k)
- Browncow (6k)
- Dakre (6k)
- Rising (6k)
- shanghai? (7k)
- Makar (7k)
- Mile (6k)
- Fathwad (7k)
- Fernobob (7k)
- Malweth (about 3k AGA)
- jhudsy (8k) (GMT +0) (16/09/2004)
- LegendsEnd (9k) (GMT -5)
- Fwiffo (9k)
- Ertai (9k)
- antimatter (9k)
- exar (10k)
- Klops (10k) (GMT +0)
- Picasiso (10k)
- schwako (10k)
- Osmosis (10k)
- TheColonel (10k)
- zeeke (10k)
- bathrmsink (11k)
- Blake (11k)
- funaxe (11k) anyone... welcomed... just hope i dun make you worst
- Ginko (11k)
- r0n (11k)
- Frederik (11k)
- Bellicose (12k)
- truesaint (12k)
- DarkX (12k)
- mach1 (12k)
- Naustin play as NathanA (12k)
- sjd123 (12k) Looking for someone round 20kyu, e-mail me at norbertonline@hotmail.co.uk
- Barrauss (12k?)
- Hiero5ant? (13k)
- HikaruSai (13k)
- iLoveSai (11k)
- maltar (14k)
- Jamba (14k)
- Peantoo (15k)
- riinamuras (15k)
- shenglong (15k)
- AdamTwork (15k)
- AsakuraHao? (15k)
- Tobi (15k)
- seqi (16k)
- keith910 (17k)
- QWerner (17K)
- Garic? (16k) I am GMT +1 and am happy to teach anyone who wants to learn from me and speaks english or french
- Uttegae (18k)
- evergreen (18k)
- sarutan (18k)
- CountDooku (18k): I am currently accepting application for beginner who want to grasp the game of go quicker.. The applicant are limited from 30k to 25k. Leave me a message if you are interested or join me in my room "Temple of Sith Disciples" under Social category. I prefer those who have the ambition to become stronger. I must impress that I only take English-speaking student. "Private" me if you want a lesson. Passing on knowledge strengthens the community and makes others more willing to help you.
- PheXeRiaN (19k?)
- RobAnybody (20k) GMT+2, english speaking. They say the best way to learn is to teach ... Better be a newbie, or I'll run out of things to teach soon :)
- Lan? (19k) you can e-mail me if you are interested in teaching me or learning from me at DragonReborn? @gmail.com
- hammarbach (26k?) Email me if you want to set something up (ed dot hammerbeck at gmail dot com). I'm pretty bad, but I can still help a beginner get acquainted with the basics.
- yoby (9-8Kyu) CST -> willing to take 30Kyus--15Kyus (I know Spanish as well as English)
Students in-waiting
- usagi (2d)
- Velirun (2d)
- vorpal (1d)
- jonathan (3k)
- meditation (3k)
- FuZZ (4k)
- Mef (4k)
- Ly0n (4k)
- tartuffe (4k)
- Cloud122 (5k)
- winni (5k)
- random27 (5k)
- Rising (5k) 1d up
- gyakusetsu (6k)
- Dakre (6k)
- Chalx (6k)
- Browncow (6k)
- AMASHI (6k)
- Xris (6k) (GMT)
- Mile (6k)
- Juhazi (7k)
- Fathwad (7k)
- Fernobob (7k)
- Aito (8k) (26/12/2004)
- Makar (8k)
- qiankun (8k)
- BuddyL (8k)
- Malweth (about 3k AGA)
- jhudsy (8k) (GMT +0) (16/09/2004)
- antimatter (9k)
- Ertai (9k)
- guneros 9k? KGS,GMT+7
- LegendsEnd (9k) (GMT -5)
- Klops (10k) (GMT +0)
- gbin (11k) (GMT+2)
- TheColonel (10k)
- funaxe (10k)
- zeeke (10k)
- _iLoveSai (11k) If you are on during EST late evenings, please buzz me. iLoveSai@sabakigo.com Thanks. (posted on 6/22/2005)
- Acidburn (11k)
- Blake (11k)
- r0n (11k)
- Yithril 11 kyu
- Lonestar (KGS: 10-11k)
- Frederik (11k)
- Bellicose (12k)
- GrandYan (12k)
- Naustin play as NathanA (12k)
- sjd123 (12k)
- Barrauss (12k?)
- Neyr(13k)
- Hiero5ant? (13k)
- Buitenland (14k)
- eluusive? (14k)
- saiRulz? (14k) <----------- (signed up on 7/11/2004)
- Jamba (14k)
- allanx2000 (Kgs: allanx98 & firefox04) (14k)
- AdamTwork (15k)
- AsakuraHao? (15k)
- riinamuras (15k)
- shenglong (15k)
- Tobi (15k)
- EpicNaruto (16k and 16k?)
- Gonewbie04 (16k)
- Liberson (16k)
- Markfg50?(16k)
- ozawagaku (16k)
- seqi (16k)
- garic? (16k) GMT+1
- Chijin (17k)
- QWerner (17k)
- TheSarge (18-16k)
- Crimson (18-16k)
- KenshinM4 (18k)
- Launchpad (17-19k)
- Lan? (19k) you can e-mail me if you are interested in teaching me or learning from me (DragonReborn?@gmail.com")
- Mils (17k)
- Kenshin (17k?) I'm trying to reach the goal of shodan by 2008, so please someone about or above.
- Incarlight (20k)
- toastyohs (20k)
- GaNgo (22k)
- Rebse(25k) Rebse/KGS, movin from chess to go
- kirtar (25k?)
- khwain (26k?)
- Naota (26k?)
- Kctat (?)
- shangchun (28-25k?) (GMT -7, US Pacific)
- ChiyoDad (28k?) (GMT -7, US Pacific)
- Dronak (30k?) Very new, assuming lowest rank. More casual than formal is fine since schedules change. Feel free to contact me if interested in helping.
- clover (28k?) well i do know the basics haha...but that's about it = (
- wd (29k?) (GMT -5, US Eastern)
- yoby (9-8k) Currently Central STD Time; looking for a mentor or teacher...
See also: KGS Arch-Nemesis Scheme, KGS Teaching Ladder.