Bill's Blog July 27, 2011

[Akash Rastogi]

Originally Posted by sgreco

Let's not lose sight of the point of this program. FIRST is meant to inspire. If kids feel involved by their own standards, that's a solid step in the direction of inspiration. All this survey did was ask if they felt involved, and it seems that most students do. Being inspired has nothing to do with standards of involvement set by people on these forums.

I actually want to know what they mean by actively involved because looking at the numbers, only about 70% said they were involved in community service, I don't really know if I like that number. I also would have liked to see a specific metric for engagement, but that's just me. I want to know what they felt engaged and involved in, and what they didn't feel this way about. It would help the mentors of all teams gauge how they run their teams.