The document discusses different types of mentors and what mentoring aims to achieve. It describes the stereotypical mentor as a wise, older person who teaches and advises younger, less experienced individuals. However, it presents the "new age mentor" as a partner who helps transform the student completely. It likens mentoring to panning for gold, where mentors sift through personalities to reveal students' true strengths. Ultimately, mentoring aims to discover the hidden treasures of learning beneath irrational beliefs, myths and fears through the unconditional friendship and understanding of a true mentor.