[E. Wood]

I too have experienced this. I have been with my team, 1629 (GaCo) for five years, three as a mentor and two as a student. We won the Chesapeake regional when I senior and on the drive team. Everyone was telling me great job and the students got the attention and praise.

Since then my team has been considerable more successful winning the engineering inspiration award two years in a row and playing and placing well as regionals and championships. While the feeling of excitement is the same it’s for a different reason. It’s just not because you won, it’s because the students won and achieved their goals. As a mentor, it’s you saying great job. I would much rather give praise than receive it.