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Originally Posted by Jay TenBrink
... 3) If the students were right there side by side with the cook in the kitchen learning step by step and getting their hands dirty, the product would be pretty good and the students would have learned how to cook.
...Jay
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Hear Hear
By far the best way to inspire the students in FIRST is for them to be working side by side with mentors.
There is another aspect to this question that many people who are new to FIRST don't understand. I will try to explain in the best way that I can.
I genuinely care for the students on my teams. I want to see them as successful as possible. But if I limit the inspiration that I have given to just the students on my teams I would have affected about 20 students per year for 7 years. I am not satisfied with having that level of influence. By contributing to the excellence of the FIRST robotics competition we have the ability to inspire 10s of thousands and soon 100s of thousands of students.
How many students from other teams have been inspired over the years by the amazing creations of teams like 33, 45, 47, 67, 71, and so many others? I can only be one more voice insisting that these teams are doing the right thing by their students as well as all of the students in FIRST. As a mentor, these teams are my inspiration.
Matt B.
(ps I apologize to all the great teams I didn't add to the above list)