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Originally Posted by Bill's Blog
As Judges in Seattle were trying to decide which team would receive the Gracious Professionalism Award, one of them witnessed a student from one of the top three choices telling the FTA “you don’t ****ing know what you’re doing”. Needless to say, that team didn’t stay in the top three for long. Heads up teams, we can hear you.
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That's so disgusting. I'm not even sad, I'm disappointed and ashamed on so many levels.
1) As stated before, who would say that to ANYONE?
2) FTAs are trained by FIRST. Yes, they're human and everyone screws up sometime, but they certainly know what they're doing.
3) FIRST Teams are supposed to be better than this. Remember our core values? Gracious Professionalism? "Act as if your Grandmother were watching you." Who cares about getting an award or not.... would grandma have been proud of that behavior? I highly doubt it.
I'm glad that FIRST Staff is finally letting us all know that they DO hear what goes on. I'm sad that this ISN'T the first story like this I've heard all season.
Let's work on our behavior, eh folks?
EDIT: & by that I mean, ALL of us. Let's all watch how we speak, and how we treat others, as even in the heat of competition, behavior like that is inexcusable. Let's make sure we're not personally doing it, and let's
gently remind others of the same if we see it happen. It'll help make FIRST a better place.