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Re: Attn: Present & Future College Students, Think carefully before you mentor
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Originally Posted by aaronm_k
I'm guessing Olin College encouraged you to mentor a FIRST team, rather than worrying about how it would affect your grades. With their vision, you will learn a lot from experience that you can't learn in a classroom. My team's leader, an engineer who became a teacher, even says being on a FIRST team will teach you more about engineering than you will ever learn in college. |
While what you've said is true, there is one fact that continues to ring true throughout this entire thread. College/university will get you a degree, FIRST will not
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This season, I was a part of a great team, with great kids who were really inspired, and who inspired me back. That's my brag, what's yours?
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