Saturday I walked into Borders Books and was confronted with a stack of them on the new arrivals table....instant excitement and I immediately got a copy
I'm halfway through and like others have said, the author perfectly captured the experiences of build season. The stress of ship date is...a little too vivid, lol.
I am sooo thrilled that it's written about a season that I remember. Think of it...in 20 years, showing the kids on the team I'll be mentoring and reminiscing about the good ole days....'Ah yes, I remember the regolith...we HATED the regolith...'
I'm going to loan my copy to my physics teacher, who's planning to start teaching a pre-engineering class in a few years [how come all the fun classes are starting up after I graduate?]. I think it could be a great thing to give to a potential or current sponsor, school administrator, congressperson, etc.
Thank you Mr. Bascomb for a GREAT read that really embodies the spirit of FIRST!
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Robot is now a verb.
We're back to square one...while we're at it, let's redesign square one!
Team 956: Celebrating ten years of FIRST!
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Team record 2002-2011
2002: Highest Rookie Seed, AOR
2003, 2006, 2012: Xerox Creativity Award, AOR
2006: Semi-finalist, Sacramento Regional
2009: Quarter-finalist, AOR
2010: Quarter-finalist, AOR
2011: Semi-finalist, AOR, and Dean's List finalist, AOR
Personal record:
2008: Lead scout
2009: Lead scout, publicity
2010: Lead scout, publicity, fundraising, Chairman's, videography
2011: Team captain, lead programmer, fundraising, Chairman's, publicity, wrench-turning, Dean's List finalist at Autodesk Oregon Regional