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Originally Posted by Chris is me
The competition is not about the students.
I guess the only reason I help with 2791 is to steal opportunities from my students. I guess I should quit this FIRST thing then... I mean, if I do anything on the team, I'm taking away opportunities, so FIRST I guess shouldn't have mentors then.
Have you ever been on a 50/50 team? How would you know, or have the slightest idea, whether or not this is the case?
Every 90+% mentor robot I've ever seen in FIRST is a piece of crap. The teams that know how to build good robots are the same teams that know how to build good teams, and they engage the students every step of the way.
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Your doing the right thing Chris to "do things on the team" I assume however that as a mentor you are not to one designing massive portions of the robot, you are helping facilitate good ideas and creativity, maintaining an on-task team, or doing basic work if the team is small and needs an extra hand.
My issues arise when the students are not the ones thinking about how to solve the presented challenges, and implementing the solutions.
Have I clarified my position at all? Mentors are a wonderful necessity for a team, they just shouldn't be the ones making the bot.