[Tom Ore]

How do we stop this? Mentors can guide students to have a good attitude. For example, at KC this past week, I was chatting with a couple of students from a top team and I mentioned that there were quite a few really top robots competing. The students singled out one particular team and said that this other top team copied their designs. The conversation was in danger of going seriously negative - I tired to steer the conversation in a positive direction. I said that we love it when someone copies our designs - that's the highest form of flattery - they like your design enough to use it on their robot. I told the story of 2177 from last year. 2177 saw our hanger design on video and they made a version of it for their robot. When we saw their hanger at 10,000 lakes we were totally thrilled about it. We ended up partnering with 2177 in the eliminations.

My question then is - can mentors guide other mentors to have a good attitude?