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Originally Posted by asid61
Thanks for your question. 
As others have posted before, many students don't have the heart to post on CD or know who to best contact directly. A student on a team that doesn't have a lot of contact with the outside FIRST world wouldn't know things that we take for granted, like knowing that Senior Mentors exist, who Karthik and Libby K are, or even that CD exists. In all fairness, we don't have much of a way to solve that last one (although we are working on it) but for many it's easier to reach out to a student than to an adult directly.
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The stated methodology for achieving the vision and mission of FRC is to "Engage kids in kindergarten through high school in exciting, Mentor-based, research and robotics programs that help them become science and technology leaders, as well as well-rounded contributors to society."
I'm all for the empowerment and involvement of students. However, learning how to ask mentors for help is important.
Why does your organization think that creating this mode of support is greater value added to the community than attempting to make Chief Delphi more accessible to students?