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Originally Posted by Akash Rastogi
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Originally Posted by web_master_dpep
I do this because of the jokes. The fun times when its late at night and we all want to just keep going. I do it so I can remember the funny things me and my friends would do. I do it because the team is my family. I do it because when I wake up in the morning I have something to look forward to. But I mainly do it because of the people, not just my team, but all the people I meet at competitions.
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I feel I have learned more about myself, leadership, and engineering in the past 4 years on this team than I could have in any courses at the high school. I went from a freshman who knew almost nothing about mechanical systems to a captain calculating gearbox ratios, designing robot frames, custom gearboxes and passing on my electrical and pneumatic knowledge to other students.
I have met many great people at competitions and through Chief Delphi that I hope will be friends for a lifetime. Despite still being a student is makes me proud to see the impact I make on students who come in with entirely different aspirations.
And the pride I get in seeing what I have put so many hours into run (good or bad on the field). Those who commented on blood, sweat, and tears; that really applies to me, I am pretty sure I managed to bust up my knuckles at the very least on every robot usually resulting in a little blood on it.