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Re: Why do teams voluntarily do FIRST without adult technical mentors?

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Originally Posted by Carol
I think it's very easy to misunderstand what is happening when you walk past a pit and "see" incidents like the above.
I would also add, on our team we joked around alot. Whenever a student made a mistake we would look them in the eyes and say "YOUR FIRED"

and they would do the same to us - it was a game to lighten the air when someone screwed up - and the joke was: none of us were getting paid anyway.

Usually when you see mentors totally dominating the students, and even (actually) yelling at them, its their first year, and they dont 'get it' yet.