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Re: Robotics after FRC

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Originally Posted by SuperNerd256 View Post
What are those reasons?
If you go straight from being a senior on a team to being a mentor on that same team the next year it is difficult. The reason it is difficult is because you have now gone from a peer working with the students to their mentor and they are now your "subordinate". The relationship is completely different and it can be hard for both the new mentor and the current students to be seen in a truly authoritative position. You might have been the team captain as a senior in high school but that isn't the same as being a mentor and being in charge.
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