For Mentors Only: Inspiring Youth

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I tell them "Sure, I'll take the blame if we don't get it done or it doesn't work. But that doesn't mean I'll do anything about it."

Is that inspiring?

But seriously, I tel students I'll help them but I won't do it for them. And anything I do, I make sur they know what is going on. Because I don't want us getting into the mindset that every time they need something I show up and it magically appears. They actualyl need to know that there are parts suppliers and shipping companies between the web page and me, and that there are hours of machining between inventor models and actual parts. If mentors do too much, they start believing all their designs come with an automatic/instantaneous "export to reality" function, which they most certainly do not.