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Posted by Carolyn Duncan at 05/24/2001 9:14 AM EST


Student on team #495, The Pack, from Jamestown High School and VBEP/Raytheon/Saic.


In Reply to: SHOCKED!!! (re: sore subject)
Posted by Ken Leung on 05/24/2001 4:44 AM EST:



There were many circumstances which led to the dislike of me posting here. Some of my mentors were very controling and could not stand the fact that I was doing something that they weren't and that I was getting info to solve the problems they couldn't figure out. It was really a pride thing. Some of the mentors took every opportunity to inform myself and the other girl on the team that we were in fact girls and told us we had no idea what we were talking about based on that fact.
As for some of the reasons you suggested about adults not liking posting....
I was rarely aloud to do much in the pits. Certain mentors would tell me not to do things or would pull me aside to tell me about something I had done wrong, usually it was something like "you looked at that person wrong." Something simple like that. This is the reason I found every chance to get away from my team at comps. I love all 5 students who went to the comps and we were together at the hotel and throughout the day when the mentors were away.
I really enjoyed "talking" to people here and getting to meet them at nats. It felt nice to have people recognize me and say hi rather than you screwed up.
Not to toot my own horn but I am one of the people who put the most quality, and quantity, time on stuff for the team and bot. I look forward to being a college mentor next year and seeing everyone at nats, from a different team
C-ya,
Carolyn