Posted by Erin at 04/25/2001 10:23 AM EST
College Student on team #65, Huskie Brigade, from Pontiac Northern High School and GM Powertrain.
In Reply to: student leaders in a team...
Posted by Ken Leung on 04/24/2001 12:48 AM EST:
If you are running your team like a nice, democratic society (unlike our nation), then you will let the students decide most everything (or at least have a hand in it).
I was the first female captain of team one, and my best friend was co-captain (we were the oldest team members, seniority wise). the students were just given ballots and told to vote based upon what they had been exposed to. they voted around january, which gave them enough time to see who should be captain. i think if you make a captain to early on in the year, they may try to take power they shouldnt have and then the students could become resentful- in many situation where there are good captains, students become resentful anyways because they are on a different side of things. If you have many strong student leaders on your team, no captain should be needed, but rather a spokesperson for each team division (mechanical, electrical, spirit, etc). but if your team lacks structure and student leadership, then one should be offered the position by way of a vote just to help things run a little smoother.
well i made that more complicated than i orignally intended, so lets put it this way: vote for a captain if you think you should have one, but dont make the candidates go through primaries
erin