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Re: Mentor/Student Involvement Philosophies

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Originally Posted by Andrew Schreiber View Post
Could we have a discussion about the other extreme (Students do 100%)? I personally feel those teams are more against the spirit of FRC than the theoretical 100% Engineer Built team.
Sure. There are losses in both directions - I'm equally sure I wouldn't have gained anything if I had been on a team with no mentors at all that had hobbled together some barely-working box-on-wheels and not won any matches.
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