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Re: The 6 Week Build Season and 'Mentor Burnout'
To be honest I got a little tired of the "Built in six weeks" mantra at CMP
NASA doesn't get a "30 lb allowance" when it sends something to MARS
I appreciate the idea of a finite build season.... but it truly does not exist.
Really good teams work 12 months a year.
Really good teams work 2 months a year.
FIRST is about inspiration...
I can be equally inspired by what a team does with limited resources including time or by what a team does that is organized and has greater time and resources.
This thread was begun to discuss Mentor Burnout..
No amount of changing the rules will stop that... Mentors choose how much they participate for a number of reasons. If you changed the build season you would still get mentors putting in hours and hours because they want to inspire students.
No one is forcing anyone to do anything. You can mentor a team once a week or 7 days a week. 2 months a year or 12 months a year.
It all comes down to the individual mentor.
I know mentors whose schedules would be total burnout for most mentors yet they are ready for more.
I know mentors who get burned out with schedules that are relatively short.
In my opinion, you have to like students and challenges.
You also have to see the results of your time and effort and feel valued.
As a coach I spend a great deal of my time making sure everyone on the team knows how valued and important they truly are.
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