Dean's List Question

[Dancin103]

Originally Posted by JaneYoung

Cassie, I didn't clarify anything. The outcome was muddled. The discussion was a good one with no real resolution. Students are different than mentors. Students work among their peers, have the capability of being known as leaders outside the team and in their school environment and community and, they have the opportunity to work side by side with their mentors, impressing the heck out of them as they develop and mature. It is not quite the same as the Woodie Flowers Award in my opinion. The award serves a similar purpose but the two don't completely dovetail.

Teams each handle award submissions differently, working with a process that works well for them. After this upcoming season is completed, perhaps you can bring your questions back up and see what the responses reveal.

Jane

I think this is all more thatn muddled. This award and its overall meaning is absolutely great and it's great to recognize those outstanding students and their efforts and leardership abilities. The one reason I think it is great to have the students nominate and write the award, with mentor supervision, is I simply feel it has more meaning. I'm not saying that the awards are written soley by the studnets, there was and is mentor supervision as well as input, an over abundance of input. I also feel that students should be chosen by their peers, and our kids really can feel out and see who those leaders are, for the reason of then there is a consenus on the two chosen individuals, instead of having just a few mentors pick out two individuals.

This could be batted back and forth for hours on what to do and what not to do. I'm just trying to get a.) a feel for how others approach this and b.) how everyone feels about the guidelines.

Once again, just my 2 cents. Thanks.

[EricH]

I think that unless and until FIRST comes out and says, the mentors must choose the students, that the teams should feel free to do the selection process how they like. If that's students choosing students and handing the essays to the mentor to turn in, that's one way to do it. If it's mentors choosing students, that's a way to do it. If it's a combination of the two, that's another way to do it. Just like building a robot, there's more than one way to skin a cat.