Teacher vs. Mentor

Background is missing on this post.

Right now, I feel like I want to be more of a mentor than a teacher. I feel like as a teacher, you are not supposed to get too involved in the personal lives of the kids/students. And I don't like that. I am not interested in superficial relationships; I want to know you for who you are. I want to come with you and support you through the things you are going through, and I don't feel like that is expected or suggested as a role that a teacher should play.
Teachers make an influence, one of the most significant ones in a child's life, if you ask me. And I want to make an influence too, but it is hard for me to see how I am having that influence, or feel like I am making a difference when I am standing so far away and pointing and talking. I feel much more comfortable sitting with you and talking over coffee or whatever. I like to be able to hug people and pray with them. But, I feel like this is forbidden in the role of teachers.
This is another aspect of teaching/school that I may talk on later: the perception students have of the way teachers perceive students. Because from my experience, I can count on one hand the number of teachers who have cared about me as a person (not as a test score) and still have fingers to spare. Now, I know I am not entirely accurate in that, but it feels like most teachers view teaching as a job, but not as a way of investing in their students. Maybe they started out that way, but they have forgotten. Or maybe they have been through enough 'red tape' and legalistic issues regarding forming real relationships (mentor-mentee) with students that they no longer see it as something worth trying. I don't know; I'm not in your shoes. And I don't know if I ever will be.

'Good' Online Sources?

What would classify as a 'good' online source? And how do you even know what it means to be a 'good' online source?

One way to verify the information on a page is to check it against other websites or the personal anecdotes of others. If you can verify your online source against another source, or even a couple other sources, especially ones that you know to be accurate, that is a sign of a good online source. This may mean that you have to find three sources instead of one, but most teachers will be impressed and be confident in your research if you have multiple sources that support each other.

When using online sources as instructional guides, it is very important to verify their credibility. Some guides can simply be found on youtube, and these can easily be checked against your own experience. For example, I recently used a youtube video to help me figure out how to use a new website to give a presentation. It was helpful and reliable, and the owner of the vide has a series of videos that explain how to use different websites and programs on the computer.