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Unread 04-05-2005, 16:41
Starke Starke is offline
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Re: When do mentors go too far?

I like how #340 is run:

The students design and build the robot, where the mentors listen and keep things under control. They help guide were they are needed, but generally stay hands off. In the pits, a scout from another team would come up to a mentor watching the pit and say "hi, can I ask you some questions?" The mentor would say "I do not know anything, go ask one of them," pointing to the mass of students working on the robot.

I love it. It gives the students on the team such an opportunity to learn by hands on. They learn how things work and are made.

This year is was found that we made a more complicated robot then we needed to. However, now we say "if the kids want to build it again, we will."
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