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Re: Mentor Involvement

Whew... Please, before you go any further, search for threads about mentors and students. This has been extensively...um..."discussed"... or...shall we say..."debated"... over the years.

The answer is: How much do YOU say is too much? Some folks say it's all right to have 100% mentors and 0% students. (Note: in this situation, I call the mentors "overgrown children", but that's beside the point.) Others say it's just fine to have 0% mentors and 100% students. Others like a 50-50 balance, or some other area in the middle. Bottom line is, it's your team's call, and if another team wants to call you, say, "cheaters", for having a high amount of adult work, you don't have to listen.

For reference:
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...t=mentor-built
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...t=mentor-built
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...t=mentor-built has a post with a list of such threads.
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