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Re: GP? I think not.
Thank you Karthik and Steve W. for clarifying what Dave meant. This is one of the reasons why I love CD, there are mature adults, from another country, willing to clarify the questions that I have, as well as give supporting evidence for their argument.
I'm starting to see what Dave meant now, how if they are available, mentors are an amazing resource and should not be turned away. I think coming from a team that got fairly random sponsorship from companies/organizations that had no engineering help to offer, finding mentors was difficult. I know there is a function on usfirst.org that allows teams to post if they would like to be mentored, but I can't comment as to if it is helpful or not. If anyone has first hand experience with this resource please post about it, I'd like to know about it.
Along with what Dave said, is it fair to assume that entirely mentor built robots are missing the point as well? Because I've seen this method of running a team described as being entirely in accordance to FIRST's mission, and personally, I don't agree, knowing what Dave said as well as reading FIRST's mission from usfirst.org.
This is probably one of the more controlled mentor/student threads I've read, thank you everyone for keeping your comments positive and productive.
Mike C.
PS. I would like to hear the opinions of students from majority to completely mentor build teams, as most of the high school students posting on this thread come from student based teams. Just another vantage point I'd like to learn more about.
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