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Originally Posted by Dave_222
Hehe, i remember when i was but a wee lad still a student on my team, i used to chase mentors out of the pit at competitions. What can i say, even if a student doesnt know exactly what they are doing, there is alot more to be learned from breaking the robot, and having to fix it, then not letting a student touch it. I never gave them a chance to brush me off, i was always the first one to dive in elbow deep. Now im not saying any fool hardy person should do this, im just saying the more the student actually interacts with the machine, the more they learn.
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Well said, we here at 1219 respect our mentors form the bottom of our hearts; however, we are lucky to have mentors that stand back and let us work. We take thier advice seriously all the time and we(Students) always find that what we build ourselves is always a highlight for us. Our robot is totally done by students, the ideas produced through discussions between students and mentors, apart from some milling through CNC at Senecca College and some very precise angular cuts and wheel modification; students made mostly everything themselves.
I think what i am trying to say is: "Mentors at 1219 and all the other gracious mentors in FIRST, we really appreciate your patience with us and need your continuous advice and support."