[FIRST EMAIL] Stop Build Day Survey

[efoote868]

Originally Posted by jman4747

The thing people aren't getting is how you can't set this same schedule for yourself without it being mandatory for everyone.

I feel like a broken record -

Originally Posted by efoote868

Can you understand the difference between FIRST telling a student they must stop working on their robot on a certain day and a mentor telling a student they must stop working on their robot on a certain day?

The perspective is, "I think that rule is stupid!" versus, "I think that mentor is mean!"

A 24/7 unbag time would be just fine by me. That would hypothetically work like this - On Stop Build Day, you must bag your robot. After Stop Build Day, you can only unbag your robot if you log your hours and activities.

The lead mentor that doesn't want to build past stop build day's "excuse" could be as simple as, "No because I don't want to fill out that paperwork, and the build season is over." Without a Stop Build Day, their "excuse" is "No because I don't want to." The outcome might be the same, but the perception is vastly different.