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Re: Is competing at multiple regionals REALLY fair ?

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Originally Posted by fuzzy1718 View Post
My reason for the mentor comment was to the ones that keep repeating the same thing. I ment nothing by it, other than to deter them from posting again. I get what they say, but mostly what they say takes what I said out of context. If you have something new, say it. Otherwise there is no point in repeating what has already been said.
I'm not sure why you have so much of a bias against the mentors, or their thoughts and opinions.

Some of the mentors here once were students on FIRST teams, and many more have been involved with FIRST for years and years.

Others first got involved when you may have still been in elementary school (or earlier).

Many spend their vacation days from work with a bunch of high school kids and robots.

Some travel thousands of miles every year at their own expense, just so they can volunteer at FIRST events, with the only compensation being a few free meals and a tee shirt.

Some get their employers to donate money or resources to local teams.

Others drive around their state, enticing new schools to start their own teams, despite the price of gas.


But all of them are dedicated - without these mentors there would be no FIRST. Don't be so quick to shrug off their judgment.
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