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Originally Posted by Jared341
in the shower (which, I'm convinced, is where Einstein must have figured out general relativity).
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I had always heard that he was sitting on a bus, but agree that the shower seems very conducive to idea generation.
As per the topic at hand. The issue your team is now dealing with is just another thing that is very "real world" about this program. In my wife's previous job, she was limited to 40 hours per week due to budgetary issues, with zero exceptions. She was not permitted to work without being clocked in or to work from home. She is in the hotel event planning business, which is most definitely NOT a 9-5 job. Those in her department not on an hour count average more than 50 hours a week. She had to learn to manage her time more wisely and (as has been mentioned earlier in this thread) "work smarter".
We run our team more like a team than a club. We expect the same level of dedication as the football, swim, or basketball team expects from its members. With that said, the mentors all fully support having "well-rounded" students. We had athletes, musicians, Eagle Scouts, members of regional church youth planning groups, etc, on this year's team. I've always said that high school is the time to do a lot of activities and college is the time to focus on one and become very dedicated to it.
Work with your school to set reasonable boundaries. If they are dead-set on 200 hours, you'll just need to learn to deal with that. 3.5 hours / day (3 - 6:30 for you) x 5 days / week x 6 weeks = 105 hours. This gives you 95 hours to play with on weekends. Assuming 6 weekends, this is more than 15 hours / weekend. This isn't an impossible request. Had they said you had 50 hours, then yes, protest your heart out. But 200 hours doesn't seem to be that bad.
Each team is different and forced to learn what is going to work best for them. That which does not kill you will only make you stronger. Learn from this opportunity. Good luck.