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Originally Posted by Dave Flowerday
Something else for thought: I'm sure there are kids in FIRST who are competitive and don't mind crossing the line from time to time. An unscrupulous student might look at Bill's Blog and figure out he has a sure-fire way to help his team out at his next event. His team is up for consideration for the Chairman's Award and he really, really wants to win, but there's another team in the running that is strong. Luckily he traded shirts with that team last year, now all he has to do is put on that shirt and go swear at a judge a little, and boom - competition eliminated. Think that's impossible? I'll bet there's some who would have thought no student would say "you don’t ****ing know what you’re doing" to an FTA too.
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If this scenario occurs then the team is failing the student. The expectations regarding team behavior (students, parents, and mentors) should be instilled in the team way before a team member has an opportunity to get frustrated with an FTA. Way way before.
Do people get frustrated, mad, impatient, angry? Yes, they do. It's how they handle those strong emotions that defines their leadership on a field of competition.
Jane
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