Lessons from Mentors

[Joe G.]

Joe (rocketperson): I agree with you on everything except the "I was dead wrong" part.

To clarify my point, I love FIRST, everything it stands for, and it will be a part of my life in some level every year in the foreseeable future. And I completely agree that us "already inspired" have a HUGE role to fill in FIRST. I just wanted to make the point that I used to feel differently

I interpreted "FIRST being made for me," back in 9th grade as meaning "Awesome, a place where I can spend all day playing with robots!" My 9th grade self would have made a very, very poor mentor. Nowadays, I see things quite differently, and they can't stop me from coming back either. I just come back for much more than a chance to play with robots these days.

EDIT: An excellent post that's had a lot of influence on me, that essentially sums up what I was trying to convey: http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...2&postcount=75