Attn: Present & Future College Students, Think carefully before you mentor

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Attn: Present & Future College Students, Think carefully before you mentor

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Re: Attn: Present & Future College Students, Think carefully before you mentor

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Originally Posted by DevenStonow

Outside of the idea of being a mentor (in the educational/inspirational sense) what does mentoring a FIRST team in college have that other college extracurriculars don't?

Your fellow college student has it halfway right. Participating in those other engineering activities is certainly doing something real with your life. But what he's missing is the fact that mentoring a FIRST team lets you do something real with many other people's lives.

SailBot et al provide you with experience. So does mentoring, but of a completely different kind. However, mentoring isn't for you. It's for the others.

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