Problems with overbearing mentors

[ebarker]

We definitely have a lot of good jostling around with decision making. And I definitely have a nice case of "bruised ribs" from all that "elbowing". Pick fights carefully and how deeply it goes. And allow and expect elbows. Ouch.....

[Akash Rastogi]

This may sound weird to you, but you will come out a stronger student and end up a better mentor if you pay attention to the problems you face and the lessons you can learn.

A team's culture can't totally be changed very easily, so I can't offer any immediate advice. What I can tell you is to keep the positive attitude, never lose respect for your mentors, and always keep focused on what you can use from this experience to be a better mentor in the future. I haven't faced entirely the same mentor issues, but I did get a chance to apply lessons learned when I became a mentor.

In the end, communication is the biggest issue in situations like this. Talk things out with multiple people. Best of luck!

[IronicDeadBird]

When mentors aren't acting the role of "mentor" and when they aren't being a good role model you need to question if they should be there.
I have nothing against your mentors, I don't know them and I don't want to condemn them but I can relate to this when I took a drive safety class.
When I took master drive my original drive instructor showed a lot of enthusiasm, she was a wonderful person and she taught me a lot. When I had to switch to a different drive instructor all of a sudden I kept getting called out on things and that is the point when we discovered what my old drive instructor taught me, wasn't actually what she was supposed to be teaching me. I had to "unlearn" all the stuff she taught me because it was often hazardous behavior, so while mentors are valuable you need to make sure that what they bring to the team is constructive, and not drama.
Shout out to handling it like a pro though approaching adults and telling them to stop is intimidating for me.

Cheers