[Ken Leung]

It's not easy running a robotics program trying to inspire and educate students. It is even harder when the student being "difficult". Let's take a look at a letter from someone sharing their experience about having such student on their team.

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We're having a problem on our team with a new team member. I don't know what it is, but he thinks he knows everything about our robot, even thought he hadn't been to a meeting untill 4 weeks into the build season. When a team members brother asks me about last years robot, somehow this new kid thinks he can explain it and show him the robot. Little does he know that the brother had come to nationals with us and knows the robot in and out. I know he means good, but It gets in the way with building the robot. His dad is the same way. They show up 2/3s into the build and want to change things by themselves. The kid tires to help too hard and wants to do everything. There is nothing wrong with that, but he is not carful at all. He drags the robot donw the hall beating the living crap out of it. It is just getting in the way of the people who get things done.

Now don't think that it's wrong of me to say all this, and we should be trying to incorperate him. But it is hard tryin to teach some one how things are done when they think they know all there is to know. You tell them how to make this part, but they disregaurd everything you say and do it thier way, destroying the material you give them.

Well, not that anyone here can change this, it feels good to vent!