At what point does it become unacceptable for a mentor to design/build the robot

[PayneTrain]

It's this time of year again already?

I'll wait for this thread to either be closed or develop into yet another thrilling debate on a topic that will forever be debated and never really change anything because most believe nothing should be changed.

For now, I'll leave you with this.

This means we must be mere weeks away from the "adults on the drive team" and "x was 'un-GP' to y, allow me to point them out to you and display my Gracious Professionalism" threads. Gosh, those are fun.

In the name of science, let me propose this if-then statement:

If Dean Kamen tells us "it's not about the robot," then why does it matter how the robots get built?

We come to be inspired. We stay because we are. We will become the inspiration. Teams aren't preparing a dynasty of a high school robotics team.

Sorry if I seem frustrated, it's just... tiring.