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Originally Posted by lemiant
decidedly counter productive
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You mean overproductive.
As a mentor, I can say that it is darn hard to *not* get deeply involved in construction. It takes a conscious effort.
You can bring this to them, as a group, and ask if they might back off a little, so students can have some fun too. But you do risk them leaving, since everyone needs their WIIFM (What's In It For Me). If hands-on is their WIIFM, and they can't get any, they will leave.
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Originally Posted by lemiant
by his own admission no longer has any interest in the program.
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Yeah, mentor burnout. Real common.
He should try it
one more year, but this time he needs to do a LOT less and delegate MUCH more to students. Either they do it or they don't, but it's not HIS team it is the students', and if they don't do it THEY fail.
The students need to be aware of the facts, and know that if they don't carry the team, the mentors won't either. And the mentors have to stick to this, eve if it means the team fails.
In return, students get to work real hard, and mentors can have a life outside FRC for those months. Hard to do, but it can be made to work.
Show Mr. W this post as a conversation starter.