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Originally posted by blueWarrior
It starts at the beginning of the school year (in 13 days) when our team will have our first recruiting session. The students will have to submit a digital registration form and from that point we, the team leaders, can review, accept and decline anyones entrance into the team. This ensures we get the top students who we know will help the team succeed.
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Does anybody else think this is a bad idea? I don't like the idea of rejecting students before you see what they're really capable of (actually I dislike rejecting students altogether but that's a new post in itself), especially if you're rejecting them electronically. I know my team never would've accepted me as is, I was an idiot, no skills, but I learned and I made our auto code work. We had a very successful season also. You don't need the top students you need the dedicated ones. Two students with no clue but enough dedication to work on something is always better than one expert who doesn't care enough notto leaveit until the last day. You can't find out who's dedicated via forms or a two-minute meeting, the ones who are dedicated are the ones who'll stick around long enough to design, build and test it. Besides what's in a trophy, my season was worth it for me before build was over.
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