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Re: VEX The Next Level
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Originally Posted by Cory
While part of me thinks this is really cool (I'd certainly like to get to drive robots again) another part of me thinks it's far more important for current FRC (or VEX) mentors to focus the vast majority of their efforts on mentoring students, and not their own separate competition.
Time is certainly a factor here and I agree with the concern, but I do like the posibilities. HS students mentoring/coaching the grown ups? Reverse the roles for the preseason? Training the rookies? Colud be a lot of fun.
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