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Originally Posted by JVN
I would not comment in this thread, except our team was specifically mentioned and perhaps misrepresented...
Our team emphasizes a partnership between students and mentors in all aspects of our program. Students and mentors work together on brainstorming.
Students and mentors work together on design.
Our team benefits from a sheet-metal sponsor, who helps fabricate our "bent" parts.
Students do almost all of the manufacturing of our "machined" parts.
Students do almost all of the robot assembly.
Students and mentors work together on programming.
Students and mentors work together on iteration and debugging.
Students and mentors share responsibility at competition.
Our driveteam contains 3 students and 1 mentor coach.
I will say...
To imply that our students "may not do as much work" is funny to me, and would cause a lot of eye-rolls from the students on our team.
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I didn't mean it that way at all. In fact, I think that running things your way can be better and less frustrating. I know that the way your team runs is fantastic, and in no way was I trying to say that your students didn't work hard. They must work hard in order to make such great robots. What I was trying to say was that on a team like yours, the students and the mentors work together. As a result, the team is more efficient, and doesn't waste time/resources, because the adults make more rational and have more experience to back up their decisions.