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Unread 25-07-2011, 10:35
Andrew Lawrence
 
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Re: Building just isn't a priority anymore

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Originally Posted by Imperium283 View Post
We completely agree with you on this. But heres the problem: They're all friends. They think we're all jerks because we don't care about being obnoxious in the stands. They go on bike rides, they have parties, they go laser tagging, they have their own drama circles, they do everything but focus on what the main part of FIRST is about (Science and Technology)

What they think when chains snap or the gears wear out, they think "Oh, the builders will just fix it they know what to do" and rely on that. Newsflash! There's going to be max 4 people building next year's robot. (If we're lucky). Sooner or later theres going to be no one to rely on, and none of them realize this and don't try to learn or go to the seminars. Half of them didn't, and still don't know what "Autonomous" means after we won a regional this year, and made the quarter finals in the other two.

I honestly have no hope for next season.
I understand being friends, and we have a similar issue on our team. What I meant to say was to have control over them, but still let them do the screaming and the shouting. Let them do that if they still do their work (correctly). My 8th grade english teacher told our class that we could talk amongst friends and listen to our iPods while working in class as long as our work got done. In the end, it all worked out fine, except for a few students who were disturbing the class.
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