Thread: Elitist Teams
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Unread 26-03-2012, 15:45
JaneYoung JaneYoung is offline
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Re: Elitist Teams
As far as I know, it is the members of CD who have decided to use the term, Elitist. I don't know that it has been the teams calling themselves that. I'm not sure we're doing ourselves a favor by usually that term or by throwing it around in a casual manner. It does little to help us understand the caliber of the teams that are being called, Elitist.

I haven't finished thinking through that thought, myself, but I know there is a whole lot more to teams that are members of the Hall of Fame as well as robot competition Champions on a world class level. The direction that I'm headed with this line of thinking is towards the level of responsibility that goes with that incredible success, using Gracious Professionalism and Coopertition as guideposts. By using them as guideposts, it keeps all of us aware of who we are and what we are fighting for. Oh, ok... change fighting to striving: what we are striving for.

Jane
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