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Dragon Princess 21-08-2010 19:12

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Originally Posted by ttldomination (Post 972197)
Going off topic here, but what kind of sexist mentality were your leaders following?

- Sunny

Honestly I still have no clue. I used to work on go-carts in middle school for a racing hobby I had, and until my Dad became a mentor on the team I 'wasn't qualified' to do anything on the robot.
They assumed because all of the other girls wanted to go into the 'corporate' side of the team I would as well.
Our team was only a year old when I joined, so it wasn't such a big deal, but I go out of my way now to get girls on the Mechanical team and not to be pushed off into the 'Electrical' group as an afterthought.

Karibou 21-08-2010 20:02

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Originally Posted by Mechkrunch (Post 972192)
For the posting more: Almost every thread I read,which is tons, I formulate a opinion or response but rarely post them because I have always been a little worried about people thinking what I am saying is stupid, which normally they dont.

This is the same mentality that I had when I first joined CD, and for the several months that came after that. The community here is a bit old-fashioned in the reputation end of things, and it is often hard for new people (especially teenagers) to find their niche because of how laid-back the rest of society is. You're not alone. But - and this is directed at all new users - I'd rather watch users make themselves at home on this forum by trial and error, hopefully learning that their reputation (not the green dots) DOES matter. Those with well-formulated opinions, but with inflated egos, will begin to accept that others have opinions. Those who tYp3 liek this!!!!!!111 but know almost everything about CNC mills will realize that this is a place of proper English, semicolons and all, will begin typing normally, and the rest of us will have a chance to learn from a wonderful resource.

You don't know what others will really think of you until you actually start posting.

Now, back to your regularly scheduled discussion.

Chris is me 21-08-2010 20:05

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A pro tip on this tangent: If you're the kind of person who carefully decides when to post to make sure your post has value and what you're saying is correct, you are not the kind of person anyone will have any problems with here. :)

Jacob Paikoff 21-08-2010 20:08

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Originally Posted by Karibou (Post 972204)
This is the same mentality that I had when I first joined CD, and for the several months that came after that. The community here is a bit old-fashioned in the reputation end of things, and it is often hard for new people (especially teenagers) to find their niche because of how laid-back the rest of society is. You're not alone. But - and this is directed at all new users - I'd rather watch users make themselves at home on this forum by trial and error, hopefully learning that their reputation (not the green dots) DOES matter. Those with well-formulated opinions, but with inflated egos, will begin to accept that others have opinions. Those who tYp3 liek this!!!!!!111 but know almost everything about CNC mills will realize that this is a place of proper English, semicolons and all, will begin typing normally, and the rest of us will have a chance to learn from a wonderful resource.

You don't know what others will really think of you until you actually start posting.

Thanks, and thanks to Jane as well.

And I am planning on making my opinions heard more now that I am going to be a mentor, but I have been on off CD the whole summer getting ready for college.

Vermeulen 25-08-2010 11:07

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I would have joined earlier, and would have worked harder freshman year. I joined about 2 weeks into build season, and definitely slacked off too much. Sophomore year I wouldn't have worn black shoes in our cement-dust covered build site. :rolleyes:

Akash Rastogi 25-08-2010 21:49

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I would have made sure I worked with engineers and getting engineers on my team early.

FRC4ME 26-08-2010 17:26

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My three years on my high school team were amazing, much moreso than anything else I've ever experienced. I wouldn't dare change it. I guess I'll have to join the crowd and say my only change would have been to join a year earlier. Although in my situation I never really had the opportunity to do that. (Which is alright; those three years were just as amazing on their own.)

Seriously...from placing second at our regional my first year to winning a technical award in Atlanta my last, my experience with that team couldn't have been more perfect.

I guess one thing I would have done is talked to the mentors about how they did what they did, because I knew from year one I would be a FIRSTer for life. I'm in my second year of college and trying to mentor a local team now, which is quite a different (though still wonderful) experience.

Trent B 26-08-2010 21:36

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I would:
- Participate more on chief delphi and encourage my peers to draw on its wealth of knowledge.
- Spend more time passing on my knowledge to team members and encouraging new team members to learn (my goal is to only touch the bot to show someone how to assemble a 8020 end fastener for example)
- Secure more engineering mentors for my team.


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