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Originally Posted by Alaina
What disappoints me the most is how my teachers don't want to spend any time outside of school to work on this. I thought they were here to help us?
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If you're at a public school in CA, odds are that your teachers are not paid or are paid minimally to spend any time on this. Remember that this is an extra-curricular activity for them as well as for you. In addition, no teacher's job is done when the bell rings at the end of the day. There are lesson plans to be made, grading to be done, parent conferences, etc.
Re: Lack of Enthusiasm/Action
I've said it in another post, but I'll say it again here. Since most of your team was not around during last year's build, chances are they have no idea where to begin. The other college students that are helping out this year on one team are in a similar state. And, that's after hearing me talk about this for the last 4 years. As a result, very specific assignments need to be given out step by step so that they aren't as overwhelmed.
To get them started, I would assign students the task of downloading the instructions for building the chassis, others the task of downloading the instructions for the transmission. When they have them printed out, then have them build the chassis and transmissions as a team. This can be done without any machinery. (Yes, the chassis pieces need to be cut down to size, but that can be done with a hacksaw. Get two hacksaws and you can have the students compete to see who can get the job done quickest, yet safest.) Once that is done, you can move onto the electronics subsystem.
Hope this helps,
indieFan