[philso]

FIRST is not just an opportunity for the students to learn and improve themselves, it is an opportunity for the adults too. I am interested to hear the answers to the OP's questions since I have some situations like that too.

Some of our new mentors have been excited about learning how to physically construct stuff. Their jobs are such that they never get to go and see what they have designed. One even took part in the oRyon RI3D.

I have been learning mainly soft skills (i.e. management of schedules and resources). Some of the students I have been working with were posting iterations of their CAD designs from mid-afternoon to 3:30AM, on a school night. On the other hand, our Media Team have not updated our web site for the last 3 weeks and have stopped showing up at meetings even though they were enthusiastic and assured us of their commitment at the last meeting they attended.