Mentors level of power

[MGoelz]

Our mentors are truly spectacular people.
From the start, they comment on our brainstorming ideas and suggest some of their own. They are great at asking questions that push us in different directions.

However, they always make sure that we remain a student-driven team. They are there for help, when we need it, but they are not there to personally design, and build the robot. They set high standards for us, which helps us to be a better team, overall. They oftentimes keep us on task and help us prepare for our future.

They are an essential element to our team. Without them, we wouldn't be quite as motivated as we are, and we would never achieve the things that we have, because we don't have the experience that is needed to analyze our performance and design.

They provide examples of what we could be. They are real people, real engineers, that inspire us to strive to be the best that we can be, both individually and as a team.

Mentors are truly amazing people, who humble themselves and respect the students. They are honorable people, and deserve appreciation, especially considering all the time that they dedicate to helping us, neglecting to spend as much time with their own families and their own jobs. We owe a lot of thank yous to them. They are helping us get to a position, where we will be capable of going to college, prepared to be not just engineers (or whatever we want to be), but prepared to interact with other people in a professional manner that positively reflects who we are.

And on top of all of that, they have the patience to teach us valuable information, but let us figure out how to do it. It creates a wonderful learning environment, and I can honestly say, that though I've been a part of this team for barely a year, I have already learned more here, than any classroom has been able to teach.