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Originally Posted by D Collins
When I see a well organized team with an efficient, elegant robot, I am motivated to learn more so that I can provide greater opportunities for my own students. Each year, our students and mentors seek to learn and improve through our own experiences and from the work of other teams. I ask my students to learn from others' robots and team organization and take the good and use it.
Wallowing is self pity and insulting the hard work of highly successful teams is damaging for everyone; Nothing is inspirational about it. This type of behavior should be confronted by all in an attempt to elimate it entirely.
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I absolutely agree. Our team has built good robots, and TERRIBLE robots. But we firmly believe that there is plenty to learn from your mistakes, and in turn, from the successes of others. Several members of my team spend time in the pits learning about OTHER team's innovations, and powerhouse teams are consistently the ones we are ENVIOUS of, and asking thousands of questions about.
Be proud of what you can do with whatever means you're given, and strive to do one better next year. Remember that competition is a CELEBRATION of the journey you took to get there. Every team's journey (no matter if they're a powerhouse or a "regular" team) is just as long and stressful. Every student is equally vested in the process, in their machine and team, and that in itself should be empowering. As long as you're doing your best, you should be having a great time!