Some of my students entered a competition among several English Program schools. I was their adviser. It was hard for me to limit myself to the role of adviser. I often wanted to promote myself to project leader/dictator.
Holding myself back to the adviser role I believe allowed my students to learn more. It did mean my students did not integrate the components of their assembly as much as I would have liked, though they did succeed in generating power with their machine.
I had hoped to go with them to the competition, but was prevented from doing so by illness. They got second place! (Incidentally they also received a gold medal. The reception of medals was based on points scored rather than ranking among schools).
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