Thread: [FTC]: Should FTC be more like FRC or FLL in regards to mentor involvement?
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Re: [FTC]: Should FTC be more like FRC or FLL in regards to mentor involvement?
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Originally Posted by TRWSHSHLX View Post
As for the mentor involvement heavy teams, if the teams do win, doesn't that motivate the students even more to learn from the mentors?
I think that the kids need to do the work in order to master the skills and learn. I prefer to ask questions about their design versus tell them how to build it. As long as they aren't violating any rules or creating safety issues, I let them make the decisions (and the mistakes). Sometimes they are right and I am wrong, or vice versa.

Personally, I have always found that I learn more from my mistakes than my successes, and I certainly learn more from my mistakes than I learn from someone else's successes!
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