28-07-2016, 12:19
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no bag, vex only, final destination
AKA: Pinecone
 FRC #0228 (GUS Robotics); FRC #2170 (Titanium Tomahawks) Team Role: Mentor
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Rookie Year: 2006
Location: Glastonbury, CT
Posts: 7,621
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Re: FRC Team Bullying
I don't know where you're located, or if this is possible for you, but I hope you have the opportunity to find a new team.
I don't agree that you should have to sacrifice your happiness and FRC experience in high school to try and fix a broken, toxic, team. If the leadership treats students like this, it will at best be a major uphill battle to try and fix this, and this won't be fun for you and will stress you out. A new team would potentially give you the experiences you want to have and the opportunities you've been denied on your current team.
When I was a senior in high school, I commuted over an hour each way to do robotics in order to be part of a quality FRC team. I wouldn't trade the experience for the world. Hopefully you don't have to do anything as drastic as this, but if there are other teams nearby you can join, you'll have more success. You won't be able to just walk in and step into any role you want on the new team, but you'll learn a lot no matter what, and you hopefully won't have the same issues.
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Mentor / Drive Coach: 228 (2016-?)
...2016 Waterbury SFs (with 3314, 3719), RIDE #2 Seed / Winners (with 1058, 6153), Carver QFs (with 503, 359, 4607)
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...2015 TVR Motorola Quality, FLR GM Industrial Design
...2014 FLR Motorola Quality / SFs (with 341, 4930)
...2013 BAE Motorola Quality, WPI Regional #1 Seed / Delphi Excellence in Engineering / Finalists (with 20, 3182)
...2012 BAE Imagery / Finalists (with 1519, 885), CT Xerox Creativity / SFs (with 2168, 118)
Student: 1714 (2009) - 2009 Minnesota 10,000 Lakes Regional Winners (with 2826, 2470)
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