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Originally Posted by D.J. Fluck
Ken,
I'd have to disagree with that statement. At Purdue, things are similar to MTU's ways. The college students play a very big role on each team ....
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I said my post would not be popular, and several students have already complained.
If you have a FIRST team with only college students for mentors that is not the ideal situation. Its not what FIRST was intended to be, and its not in the best interests for the college student.
I would much rather have a person finish their degree and spend a few years gaining professional experience first, and then mentor a team, than to have a person be a mentor while they are in college and compromise their grades ( to any degree).
You only get one shot at college, but your career will last the rest of your life. If the promises of FIRST are real there will be plenty of engineers to come back and be mentors once they have their career started on the best footing possible.