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Re: which is better as a student or mentor....
In a phrase: both, they're just different
When you're a student, the magic of FIRST is the scene and the people and the grandeur and the awards and the robots and the everything. Winning an award for your efforts puts you on cloud 9.
When you're a mentor, the happy parts are watching your students experience that, and other life successes even after they graduate. Yes, the winning and performing well is cool, but the best part as a mentor, at least to me, is seeing my kids (they hate it when I call them that) enjoying themselves and doing well.
(I was a student on HOT for 2 years and have been a mentor on the Desperate Penguins for the last 5)
Interesting thread topic BTW...
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This season, I was a part of a great team, with great kids who were really inspired, and who inspired me back. That's my brag, what's yours?
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FIRST is aimed at those girls on your team. They don't know anything about mechanics, or electricity, or programming, or machining. They have no interest in it, either. They're perfect candidates for FIRST. - Madison [more] 
18-04-2009, 19:36
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