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Re: Responsibilities of a Mentor

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Originally Posted by Al Skierkiewicz View Post
Eric, unfortunately, there are robots designed and built by adults in this competition. Each team decides for itself how it must be run. I for one stand on the side of the fence that promotes team decisions and adults working side by side with students. Although there are some decisions which should be reserved for team leads, most others should be by the team.
Understood. However, I was making a point--if you're going to say that team XXXX (or a non-specific team) is mentor-built, you need evidence (which happens to be lacking in this case/possible case). I personally have no experience with such teams; indeed, the teams I know sometimes have too little mentor involvement at key moments. I don't know of any that are built by adults, and I choose not to know which they are, should there be some. There may be one or two, and I think of the "Dad at Christmas" analogy--you can only hope that the kid(s) get more involved.
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