Thread: Feedback not being given, even when asked?
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Unread 11-04-2016, 01:10
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On to my 16th year in FRC
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Re: Feedback not being given, even when asked?
We encountered the exact same issue at Ventura. Turned in the form, requested it at pit admin, requested it after the winner was announced, nobody knew anything about it, no feedback received.

It's extremely disappointing to have worked so hard on something (for years), and to not get any feedback whatsoever on how it was interpreted or received. The students were even more disappointed than I was. While I don't disagree with the selection or merits of the team who won, the process and lack of feedback gave me the feeling that "they knew who they wanted and it wasn't us, and they didn't care to assist anyone else in improving themselves."

For an award that FIRST claims to be its highest honor, they sure have a strange way of going about parts of it sometimes.
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