which is better as a student or mentor....

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Originally Posted by kapolavery

yea well i was thinking about it.. bc as a senior all the things you want to accomplish before your out of HS and then you get so close yet in the end its cut short...

plus our school is fairly new to FIRST.. only our second year. so i guess we still have room to grow and as a possible mentor, ill be able to share with them my experiences and help them grow..

omg...great topic. But I feel the exact same way, I had high expectations this year (slightly my fault) and was dissapointed when we didn't do as well as I had hoped, and now my FIRST experience as a student is gone. After thinking about this the week after my last regional, I came to a conclusion that my team (Team 1403, Cougar Robotics) made me who I am and FIRST's values are my values. Therefore, what I do as a student or a mentor is for my team and a team victory would be a victory of my own. Of course, eventually when I'm a mentor I will be proud of the work the students have done, like now I am proud of all that my younger teammates have accomplished and what I know they will accomplish in the future.

I'm really sad that I'll be going away however, the team has been like a second family to me, all the mentors teammates and even some of the parents. I guess the time comes when I have to start another FIRST team..