[Tytus Gerrish]

Originally Posted by Arefin Bari

Thank you Chris for pointing us out. I have a long way to go. But I haven't accomplished nothing close to what a lot have. I can't speak for Tytus, we may have worked together, traveled together, but we come from our own different background. We learn stuff our own way.

I just started college. I haven't accomplished nothing compared to many. I wouldn't be where I am right now if it wasn't because of my mentors. Team 108 mentors has always been there for me. Even though these two engineers weren't from my team, they took the mentor role in my life... Andy and John. Do give credit to the mentors, because they make you who you are. Maybe you won't realize it now (just like I didn't back in my sophomore year in high school), but you will realize it the night you sit down and design a transmission and you face a lot of problems. You will be able to solve them just because your mentors were there to teach you how to solve it.

There are still teams in FIRST I know, who don't have any mentors. Do you know how bad they crave for one? I do, because I know I wouldn't even bother to sit infront of the laptop with inventor open and try to design cool things. In order to design the cool thing, you need to know how to design it. Thats when an Engineer/mentor comes in. As a teenager (ya, I was pretty dumb) I used to not listen to anyone or not pay attention. But as time passed by, I learned to listen, to pay attention, to learn. It helps.

Yes, lectures can be boring... actually very boring (I go through 4 lectures, 3 days a week for college, I would know) but I do learn things from this.

Now I am sitting here thinking, 4 years back if I was reading this post made by some college student, I would say something like "why is he posting it... why is he even bothering to tell me stuff like this. I know enough."

From Tytus and I: We learned how to manufacture parts because our mentors were there for us and helped us learn how to use all the machinery. We learned how to design a transmission by looking at many different transmission that were posted right here on chiefdelphi by the mentors and the engineers. You think we came up with those idea? Nope... it was all designed and built... all we did was took the idea... modified it a bit and make it work. All the dog shifters in FIRST has the basic concept? are they all same? no...

What are we both trying to point out...

We are trying to tell everyone that we are Arefin and Tytus because of the mentors. We like to thank every single one of you mentors for being there for us. In 4/5 years, we will be still here with our degree on our hand helping as many teams out as possible.

P.s. - While I was posting this, Tytus was talking to me on Teamspeak. We both shared our opinion.

Can i get and Amen!!!!

seriously i just started college, and i wouldn't know the stuff or have Done anything i have done if it wasn't for the mentors like Chet and Dan letting me take the parts home and mess around with them. and get me a copy of autocad, and actually put me behind the glass As a freshman driver. it's all thanks to them. and when everything expanded with chiefdelphi all the mentors on here were there for me too pushing me along even more. Now that CD media is up i searched all the things i have uploaded and everything i see i see some element that wouldn't be there without a mentor. the fact is that i have been very fortunate being on 179 and Being here on chiefdelphi. Many teams Don't Even Have one mentor Just a teacher and no experience in first and honestly its not fair. mentors are very important and no this Rarly can't be done without them.