Peer mentoring was an experience where I would spend my Wednesday and Friday lunches teaching either economics or mathematics to IGCSE students.  I found this to be a nice experience and realised that teaching is actually a lot harder than it seems. Seeing how the IB and IGCSE sylabusses are both very different from one another, it allowed me to go back to some concepts that I had forgotten about. It was rewarding to know that I was helping these students academically, and there was even one student who was looking forward to my teaching the following week and asked me if I could bring back some old notes from my own IGCSE class.  Knowing that people were benefitting from my efforts motivated me to do better and further support them. I believe that this allowed me to recognise my strengths and weaknesses as I found areas in which I had a very hard time explaining certain concepts. It also requires commitment as I was spending my free time helping others and ensured that I’d be there weekly.