I go round and round about this. We don't have a practice bot. We are finally in a place this year where we might be able to afford a 2nd CRio for next year. We have enough extra parts to build at least a 2nd drive bot.
I have to agree with other posters. As a Mentor and teacher I'm tired. We have about 20 students and I am the official mentor and at every meeting beginning to end. I have other adult help but they come and go. I always think I'm going to get other work done but don't. I have to have days off to get caught up and I'm terribly behind now. It will take another week to get caught up on the correcting alone.
By the end of week six, I'm sick of looking at the robot enough that stuffing it in a bag is rather cathartic...
