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Re: Mentor/Student Involvement Philosophies

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Originally Posted by BenjaminWard View Post
Exactly, this is what ZackAlfakir and I were talking about. It is all well and good if the students are being "inspired" by the success of the mentors, but it is important that they learn what they are doing, which they can only do by actually doing it. As in a Chairman's video with only one student shown vs a large amount of mentors, the achievements recorded there should not reflect the work of the mentors but rather what the students have achieved.
This mission of this program is to inspire students to pursue an education or career in STEM, it is not to teach them. Teaching already happens in school; teaching happens during the process of inspiration; it is a byproduct of this program, but it is not one of the goals.
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