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Originally Posted by Cory
I could write an entire page about this, but really all it comes down to is the fact that there is no "correct" amount of mentor involvement.
This thread could go on for ten pages and I guarantee the only thing that will be agreed on is "to each their own"
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In two sentences, Cory managed to say more of (perhaps ironically) absolute truth than all of the other posts in this thread combined.
I'll bite. Hard.
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Being on a team with no adult technical mentors, to answer the question "Why do teams voluntarily do FIRST without adult technical mentors?" would require me to justify the actions of myself and my team to others. This is something I am loathe to do in a largely closed-minded (among other things) community with such a degree of homogeneity of thought as ChiefDelphi (so shoot me... and prove me right). But what I can say is that actions speak louder than words. The only students that left Team 19 after our extremely unsuccessful 2005 season were graduating seniors. I don't know if it would be the same with another team; I don't know anybody on another team personally. But I am proud of them for it. Our motivations are our own. The "inexplicable" fact remains that we voluntarily participate in FIRST without adult technical mentors.
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To each person, their own goal in participating in FIRST. To each individual, due credit for their accomplishments. It's altogether wrong to say that the actions of any person or group of people are wrong when they harm nobody. This goes in life as well as in FIRST.
George Hansel.