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

[RoboMadi]

Interesting discussion on a very different topic. It actually varies from person to person or situation to situation. As far as my own opinion goes, i think its a good thing to mentor teams. Especially when your own success is through that team. In case of Team 612, we had no college mentors until this year. Chris Thai came back to help us out because he saw the lack of mentor ship in our team (we have only 2 mentors), and also he was inspired how FIRST has changed his life and can change the life of other people.

And now moving on, as it changed my life (scholarships, cool job and recognition), I'll definitely come back to help out my team. But it is true that my existence as a Student at an University counts first then mentoring a FIRST team.
As people have said before, make your own decision; it only requires a common sense.