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Unread 11-11-2015, 07:27
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Re: Why do team's fold?

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Originally Posted by David Brinza View Post
The voting thus far points to loss of mentor/teacher and funding issues as leading causes.

I didn't see lack of student motivation or parental engagement on the poll. Mentors/teachers sometimes struggle with burn-out, especially when students lose interest and parents don't support the effort to keep students committed to the program.
I dangle 10's of thousands of dollars in grants / scholarships in front of parents, that keeps most of them focused to do parent like stuff.

We only get about 3-4% of eligible students to be roboteers, there is a bigger untapped pool to go after.
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