An excerpt from the Sun reminds me of one of my many pet peeves:

A few weeks ago, I wrote about congratulating our graduates, especially those students who are moving on to new and different schools or other significant life challenges. This week I want to give thanks to their teachers and mentors.

In Homer's Odyssey, the hero Odysseus leaves his infant son, Telemachus, to go to battle for the honor of Athens. An old friend stays behind to help Telemachus with his lessons; his name was Mentor. Although the mythic character may not have completed his duties (as Homer told the story), we have still taken the word "mentor,'' whose root in Greek refers to a sense of intent or purpose, into usage as one who advises or teaches, especially our youth.

So a mentor does not "ment" and the person under the care of a mentor is not a "mentee" ...