Thread: Attn: Present & Future College Students, Think carefully before you mentor
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Re: Attn: Present & Future College Students, Think carefully before you mentor
Attention all Seniors thinking of mentoring, THINK before you decide to ACT!

If you decide to mentor, you are asking for a lot of time to be taken out of your schedule. It is very demanding and you will not have a social life, well maybe but who knows. During the fall semester, reality step in and I was not doing that well. However, my fellow mentors (high school teachers) agree that I could take some time off and get hit my studies once again. Currently I am still mentoring 204 and possibly looking into mentoring another NJ team this summer, but who knows. Remember you or your family or F.A is paying for the college education and you need to keep up with your studies and do the homework. Mentoring is not for the faint of heart and should be decided among-est yourself and your family members first. I suggest that you take the freshman year off and volunteer at FIRST event or off-season competitions. After freshman year, if you feel that you can do it, then mentor a team.

Also, on another note, DO NOT START YOUR OWN TEAM AT YOUR UNIVERSITY OR COLLEGE. If you decided to do this, you will fail and not succeed at college. Trust me, I have talked to many college mentors who have done this and now are paying for the repress icons because of it.
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