10-05-2013, 16:09
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Engineering Coach
AKA: Allen "JAG" Gregory
 FRC #3847 (Spectrum) Team Role: Coach
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Rookie Year: 2003
Location: Texas
Posts: 2,554
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Re: The 6 Week Build Season and 'Mentor Burnout'
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Originally Posted by Bob Steele
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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Team 2587 | DiscoBots | Mentor | 2008-2011 | Rice University / Houston Food Bank
Team 3847 | Spectrum | Coach | 2012-20... | St Agnes Academy
LRI | Alamo Regional | 2014-20... "Competition has been shown to be useful up to a certain point and no further, but cooperation, which is the thing we must strive for today, begins where competition leaves off." - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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