Mentor/Student Involvement Philosophies

[notmattlythgoe]

Originally Posted by BrendanB

This is a very dangerous line especially for someone like me who didn't pursue a degree in STEM but was active on a team for three years and has helped run a team from the ground up for the past five years all primarily in the mechanical portions of the robot.

Every student can benefit from being in FIRST in more ways than just getting them into a STEM major. Even just being an outlet to gain confidence, make friends, and learn what team work is really about is more than enough reasons for me to stay involved with students. For some students just being there and showing an interest in them leaves more of an impact than sending them off to college for a degree in STEM.

Please read my above post. Jon's statement is being taken way out of context.