AAAAAARRRRRRGGGG!

[Hieb]

Originally Posted by 65_Xero_Huskie

Hehe, its always good to vent frustration, just make sure its not on your kids. They are all relatively new to the program and what needs to be done, so they should be able to make some mistakes.

No, it's definitely not at the kids. And making mistakes is an important part of the learning process--how can you learn to troubleshoot if someone steps in and corrects a problem immediately? And it's not even an angry frustration--it's just that I know how much good FRC can do and how fun it is at the competitions and I don't want them to be disappointed by having a robot that doesn't work. I know we'll get there, but sometimes you just have to let off a little steam.

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In my ...8 years now I have worked with... 5 different teachers now. I have had 4 different assistant teachers in the past 4 years. It gets tought re-training new teachers every year.
The main key is that we have a very experienced base of students & some mentors that have been with the team since 2000. I don't think I could deal with this with a rookie team... a true rookie team.
Call on those around you & see if you can get some experienced mechanical parents to help with the build. See if you can get someone from school administration to help you with the fundraising & other stuff. You would be surprised to see how much help you can get it you ask.