+1 I will have to agree with Tom. I've been on both sides of the spectrum from the lowest point to the highest, both as a student and mentor. I've seen what hard work and dedication from both sides gets you to. I think instead of asking those questions you should be brainstorming ways of approaching both students, mentors, teachers, etc; whomever you have to on ways to fix the problem. Sit down with a group of your peers at a time asking why they are there, what they want to do. Engage them and try to find teachers within the school district who want to be there. That is all I have. Best of luck and hate to see a team thinking about disbanding over something trivial. Feel free to pm me maybe my team is nearby to yours and can help.
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Originally Posted by Tom Line
I am setting a timer to see how long this takes to turn into a "mentors do too much work" thread. Hopefully it doesn't go in that direction.
Do you have seniors who do a lot of the work on the team?
Yes. And so do freshman, sophmores, and junior students.
Do your mentors do a large chunk of the robot work?
Yes. And so do the students. And so do our suppliers, and so do parents.
How involved are the majority of students on your team? Do they do a lot of the work, or do mentors?
As involved as they want to be.
Do your students learn more by themselves or more from other students and mentors?
Yes. They do. Depending on how motivated they are and how involved they want to be.
The long and the short of this is, running a successful FRC team takes so much work that NO team has enough hands to do it all. With our 40+ members and 15+ mentors this year, we still wish for more help all the time. Regardless of how many mentors and how many students work on the robot, it is never done early enough. We are still working on it through Champs, and sometimes through IRI.
I somewhat get the impression that you are using your own level of commitment as an expectation for your fellow students and mentors. That doesn't work in practice because everyone is different.
Why would your team cease to exist? I struggle to put my finger on a reason from your initial post. In addition, I think you need to re-evaluate your questions. Generally speaking if you're doing research you want to stay away from leading questions.
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