Mentors VS Students

[Gdeaver]

The very title of this post exposes the problem. The concept of us and them has been driving the human race crazy for ever. Some think First is all about science and tech. I submit that the greatest benifit First imparts on teams is the TEAM thing. Sounds like this team has failed in this most critical test of the build season. You have not become a TEAM. You are a bunch of bickering individuals. You loose.... For next year your TEAM needs to discuss the people issues and look for methods and activities to build and nurture the team's people skills. This can be much harder than building a robot. This year our TEAM was faced with an insurmountable pile of problems. No money, not enough meeting times, baned from using anything but hand tools, And on and on. But, we came together and work as a TEAM and over came every problem. I am very proud to be a part of this year's team. We won. Now the problem for me is to figure out why this years team came together and why the 2007 team did not to the same degree. The most challenging problems in life are the people problems.