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So Mr. Lavery has pointed out that those teams that decide not to include Adult Mentors in the build process are missing the point. Never did he say that the teams that do not include mentors in build or do not have them on the field are not allowed to participate. A mentor is a great thing to have because they have already taken the tests of experience. And we all know that Mrs. Experience is a tough teacher because she gives the test first and the lesson last. So maybe a team is "missing" the point by competing a certain way, however since you are in FIRST your still coming out on top. By the way 1319 has a mentor coach, mainly because we strive to win. This is what the students want. Also winning will help when it comes to recruiting. When we won the Gailileo division in 2007 our enrollment jumped to over twice its size. Many of our now greatest students only joined because they wanted to be apart of a winning program. They are now interested in engineering fields and college in general. They were inspired and continued to be by our mentor lead team. To each his own I say that's why America is great.