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Re: Who's ready for San Jose?

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Originally Posted by Marjory Frosty
Thank You.

I have been trying to put some stuff together for this Reginal. As some of the students said we have never been out to the West Cost yet, we usualy stay in the Mid-West or East Cost area. I am a little nervous going to CA
"blindfolded" . I look forward to seeing great things and great teams next weekend.


Frosty
Don't worry, when I came here from Hong Kong 9 years ago, I thought there was going to be orange trees and beaches everywhere, blinding sun shine day and night, Hippies all over the place trying to convert you into one of them, and everyone surf and call each other dudes. Oh, and I also thought everyone was a vegetarian and a part of Green peace. Well, turns out most of that were true.

But I survived. And if I can do it, so can you ;-).

You will see that the west coast have a different pace than most Midwest, Michigan, and east coast regionals. But I must say I’ve always like west coast competition the best, even after visiting IRI. Statistically, there are fewer engineers on teams here, more high school teacher as mentors, and more student run teams. But we are slowly convincing that successful programs need a close relationship between high school students and mentors, so student ran teams have more and more mentors helping them now.

Don’t be afraid to go around meeting people. There are a lot of great mentors and FIRST-a-holic at SVR who aren’t active on the Chief Delphi Forum. Its mostly because we communicate through the WRRF mailing list and meetings.
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