[jijiglobe]

There are experienced mentors on our team that give us a lot of useful advice. Many of our mentors a lot about FIRST and give us tips here and there but they don't make decisions. Many mentors will explain to us why certain ideas are better than others and why some ideas are straight up bad. Mentors, like anyone, are people that make mistakes. Many of the mentors on my team are people that I can chat with. Talking to mentors has helped me learn a lot and at the same time put me in a position where we can debate different decisions instead of just letting the mentors decide. Two heads are better than one. I think, however, that the role of mentors is to provide advice. Team leadership should make final decisions. You should absolutely listen carefully to what your mentor are saying and take it into consideration, but an FRC team is made of its students.