How should we react to posts?

[sgreco]

I think the topic of the post is important (but the execution was in poor taste). I also agree with Cory that people should be held responsible for what they say. I've certainly made some posts that I regret, but if you can just delete them, change your user name, etc. (effectively hide from it), then you never learn anything. People should think twice before they post (something I could certainly stand to do myself).

With my experience in FIRST I've found that the most important for people to realize is that FIRST is mostly about inspiration; I'm not suggesting that other things don't matter, but inspiration is first and foremost in terms of the goals of FIRST.

Students can't learn if they don't do somethings themselves, but they also can't learn by doing everything by themselves; it's a lot easier to learn with professional guidance. That said, it's most important that kids are inspired. They can be inspired in so many different ways by so many different levels of involvement. I think we should let teams deal with the ratio of student work to mentor work on an individual basis. If the team exists, students are coming, and if students are coming, they're more than likely inspired in some way or another.