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Alrite,
To all you new FIRSTers and ones coming back from the summer/fall hibernation...
What do YOU think about FIRST?

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amen

ive probably learned more in the past three months than i have learned in the three years before that

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Happiness is a warm servo (Wrrrr Wrrr Zoop Zoop)!

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Happiness is the revival of a two-year old thread that should never have gone away. :)

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If it should have never gone away, it should've had more responses.;)

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Happiness is Never having to leave FIRST, and always knowing that I am welcomed here no matter where life will take me.

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After being in FIRST for at least 2 full years, I have to say that FIRST has brought me alot of happiness. Even though all the stress and worries about the team (especially after this year for me) I love FIRST. It seems not a day goes by where I don't do a single thing somehow relating to FIRST. Just the fact that I feel like I'm making a difference somewhere though FIRST brings happiness to me.

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FIRST has brought me to realize that the harder you fall the higher you bounce.

Being a part of FIRST robotics, has gotten me into situations that have challenged me both mentally and physically. It has helped me realize how I am as a person as well as how I deal with certain issues.

I have grown from my years in FIRST and am extremely grateful for the friends, the experiences, the lessons, and the mindset that I have been given through this program.


happiness
noun
1. state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy




yes. FIRST = happiness

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For me FIRST=Life!

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I don't think I would be happy if I didn't have FIRST.. So I guess that Life+nothing=boring, and Life+FIRST = Happiness, so subtract!

Life+FIRST=Happiness
-
Life+nothing=boring (0)
=
FIRST=Happiness

So I would have to say Yes!

EDIT: I guess using this logic, I have no life.... And I can't find many people that would argue with that, so I guess the equation works!

Jacob

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This season, I looked at the sponsor wall at the Great Lakes Regional and for the first time ever in my four years in FIRST I saw numerous job opportunities for me after I get an associates or bachelor's degree. It just sort of lit up and struck me in a good way.

Every season, when I see competition and the spirit aroused from it all, I see a microcosm of the world economy, and its amazing. The creativity being the fruit of it all, makes it so much better. The ideas, the concepts, the ambition captured in a figurative battery.

Overall, I believe FIRST is the merger of life and work into the prettiest of all couples, making a thrilling and energizing experience, and thus I have to say, FIRST IS HAPPINESS indeed. :)

I personally believe have become a much better man thanks to the experiences here... and other places related to it, that is just how I feel. I cant seem to shake that thought loose.

And I have to agree with dave on this one, excellent thread to revive, even after 2 years.

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Wow, its a resurrected thread! Although true, it should have never died.

FIRST = meeting new people who share your same interests
FIRST = seeing things you never would have thought up on your own
FIRST = Staying awake for 4 days of competition while pranking team members and running down stairs at full tilt to tell your team that you fixed the robot, then sleeping for 12 hours afterwards
FIRST = knowing things you never would have come into contact with
FIRST = seeing new sights
FIRST = Happiness

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heck, the stress and worries are what make me love FIRST (among many, many other things of course.)

-vivek

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nope, I don't really feel anything else when I'm high on FIRST :rolleyes: