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Over domination
I am of two minds (which isn't that surprising) about the issue.
In one extreme you have students blindly following the orders of a mentor/teacher.
On the other extreme you have freshmen with no experience being thrust into a new and rapidly changing environment with no preparation.
I have seen some mentors dominate to the point of exclusion- their teams revolve around his word and his word is the team. I have also witnessed our team with very little prep go out and struggle to stay focused because the students weren't able to multi task well enough to keep the situational awareness at a high enough priority.
I feel, however, that you've encouraged the students to put their trust in the mentors through the entire year and that to disrupt it at a critical juncture would be counter productive. It is, however, the mentor's responsibility to realize their roll and not dominate the students' work.
As always these are my opinions and subject to change in light of actual specifics.
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