Hieb, something that I'm just coming to realize this season is that nothing in the FIRST motto limits the whole inspiration and learning thing to just the students. Things happen, and you may end up with a lot more on your shoulders than you planned. As I'm sure you know, this isn't something that is unique to FIRST, so it's a pretty realistic life experience. I'm working with my second team now, and there is definitely a huge difference between them and my first. However, the only important difference is my level of sanity. Everything else, the learning and inspiration, is the same in quantity. We all (students and mentors) are just learning different things than we used to. If you concern yourself with maintaining your sanity and focusing on the learning and inspiration, the whole "building a robot" thing just kind of falls into place, for better or worse. I think you and your students will learn just as much from building a short-circuited distribution block as if you'd taught them to do it right in the first place, even if it puts you a little behind schedule. Best of luck!
