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Re: Getting Mentors out of Comfort zone
^ This.
I've been in many meetings -- FRC teams, summer camp committees, work -- that look like this:
Leader A: Let's brainstorm. All ideas are welcome!
Students: *give out multiple ideas*
Leader B: No, those won't work. I really think we should do X.
Students: *variety of pros and cons of multiple ideas*
Leader B: No, no, trust me, we should do X.
Students: *maybe a variation of X, but include Y?*
Leader B: No, it's really got to be X, guys.
Students: I thought you said all ideas were welcome?
Leader B might be brilliant -- she might even be absolutely right -- but this is not the way to foster inspiration and innovation amongst students.
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