: Yes, unfortunately the school requires an actual physical mentor, who must
: sign some papers and spend at least fifteen hours working with the
: student. The hours must also be documented.

Hey Josh,

Maybe you could convince your teachers that your use of e-technology is valuable as mentor for your learning experience. You could track your time online to this site to get your fifteen hours. Maybe Nick would be willing to sign something that indicated that you had logged on to this site. There is probably an activity log that could be viewed to get this information. Copy and save your posts to the site and the reponses you get. This alone could end up being quite a project. Look at the start you have with your first post! I would think that the instructors would be happy to reward your initiative in applying the net to achieve educational goals. Good luck.

Paul