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Re: GP? I think not.

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Originally Posted by DanTod97 View Post
You also seem to just say that you changed opinions when you became a mentor. Thats alright, but I hope you dont consider your opinion more valid just because of the fact that you are a mentor now, because as you said before, alot of students still felt as you did.
Alternate theory: Tom realized what he was missing in an all-student arrangement when he stepped outside his normal stomping grounds and the experience has made him better for it (in addition to changing his tune, which he is now humming for the group).

Experience is a wonderful thing. From my own experience, I can tell you that the best way to learn from folks to gain that experience is time. (The second-best way, as my signature indicates, is to have a lot of Amtrak points saved up...but that goes back to time.)
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2004-2006: FRC 1293 (D5 Robotics) - Student, Mentor, Coach
2007-2009: FRC 1618 (Capital Robotics) - Mentor, Coach
2009-2013: FRC 2815 (Los Pollos Locos) - Mentor, Coach - Palmetto '09, Peachtree '11, Palmetto '11, Palmetto '12
2010: FRC 1398 (Keenan Robo-Raiders) - Mentor - Palmetto '10
2014-2016: FRC 4901 (Garnet Squadron) - Co-Founder and Head Bot Coach - Orlando '14, SCRIW '16
2017-: FRC 5402 (Iron Kings) - Mentor

93 events (more than will fit in a ChiefDelphi signature), 13 seasons, over 60,000 miles, and still on a mission from Bob.

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