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Originally Posted by JaneYoung
Jim,
I think Paul's response is reflective of how these teams work.
One thing that I'm not seeing much of in the discussion is the students' drive and their thirst for knowledge. Their curiosity. What they bring to the table helps to define a team - and how those qualities are developed while on the team is a part of this.
Jane
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This is an interesting topic, and probably deserves its own discussion.
Our team has a good mixture of students that are there because they really want to learn about this stuff, and students that don't start out so interested (and in-between of course). You have to have the driven personalities to make things go, but the other end of the spectrum has a lot to get out of this program.
We request that teachers send students to us that they see as having a lot of potential, but maybe haven't found a reason to put that potential to good use. We commit to trying to win the competition and we play on the competitive spirit of human nature to trick these students into getting heavily involved. Before long, some of them are finding that they like this stuff and that gives them a reason get motivated. It doesn't always work, but we try our best.