[fuzzwaz]

Why are there so many people out there who are so uncomfortable with how other students and mentors run their teams? It is not YOUR team.

Why does it matter how other teams function unless you are seeking that information to better your own team? If you feel like other teams are doing FIRST wrong, why does it matter? All that matters is if YOUR team is doing FIRST in a way that you see as "right".

FIRST was a learning experience for me. It got me prepared for the world by introducing me to how the world functions in a lot of ways. The world is NOT fair. The world is NOT all sunshine and rainbows. The world is full of things that not everyone is going to like- but that is REALITY.

Faulting a team for consistently winning is irrational and ungracious. The truth is, some teams got it figured out. Some teams know how important it is to learn from their mistakes and carry everything they have learned from one generation and teach it to the next. Some teams know how to educate their students so that each and every year, no matter who is on the team, they can pick up where they left off.

And even if there were teams that sit and play video games for 4 weeks until a big name engineer shows up with a step to step guide on how to build a robot, why would it matter?? What are they learning? Nothing. What are you learning? Everything. In the end, you win. So what the heck do you have to complain about it?

Students should enjoy the short time they have to be a part of a FIRST team and mentors should focus on helping their students learn and achieve goals/dreams. Period.