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Originally Posted by fuzzy1718
Mentors let me her wha the students have to say I don't care of your opionions, your not the focus of FIRST, your students are.
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Mentors may not be the direct focus of FIRST, but they are just as involved as students are. They play a pivotal role in the success of FIRST and of the success of every team. They are just as important as the students, so their thoughts, comments, opinions, suggestions, and words of infinite wisdom are just as important as the students' thoughts, comments, opinions, suggests, and words of infinite wisdom.
I hope you see the importance of the mentors in FIRST. Just take a moment to look back on this past year and think about where you would have been without your mentors.
Yes, the main focus of FIRST is to teach students about the fields of science and engineering. But, if there are no mentors or engineers, where does that leave the divine "Focus"?
Mentors have just a right to let their opinion be known and have it be heard and acknowledged just like you do. Unfortunately for you, a poor sentence caused a lot of people to look at you in a bad light.
When you post here, remember that you are representing your team. Disclaimers wont save your team's reputation if you post something people get upset about.
I hope you take the time to realize that mentors are essential for the continued and growing success of FIRST.
You could have even said that sentence with a bit more grace. Rather than bashing the mentors, kindly ask for student opinions. It's not that hard to look back at your post to make sure it wont offend anyone.
Now to comment on your actual topic. Here is a student opinion:
Of course it's better to be evenly matched. It makes for more exciting finals. It might be more nerve-racking for the finalists, but the winners feel a better sense of accomplishment. However, finals that are evenly matched are very rare. Boston 2007 is an example of evenly matched finals where the outcome was determined, literally, at the buzzer. It's much more exciting.
The problem is that there is no way to insure that there are evenly matched alliances facing each other in the finals at every competition. It doesn't even happen on Einstein. It doesn't happen at IRI.
So... I don't know what else to say.