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Re: The 6 Week Build Season and 'Mentor Burnout'
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Originally Posted by MrJohnston
There is also a huge value in having to make a difficult deadline. The six week time period is very short and every team knows it. Teams then have to evaluate their ideas and determine which ones are the most important and attainable before the deadline. Moreover, it forces them to operate under stress - all the while trying to maintain gracious professionalism.
Frankly, learning the teamwork and leadership required to build a robot under those conditions is more valuable than the technical skills acquired.
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I do like this aspect of the 6-week build. It's not easy to get a high quality machine built in 6-weeks. When it happens, it is very rewarding!
With the currently imposed 6-week deadline, we WANT to get the robot completed in this time frame. Sometimes we do, sometimes we don't.
I'm sure it helps to keep the students motivated as well.
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