Quote:
Originally Posted by JoeXIII'007
On a side note: Joel made a small uttering of Ypsilanti and Willow Run School Districts consolidating. This will be put up to a vote, if it passes, there is a likelihood that 66/470 could pool resources, hopefully not merge, as having a couple teams in the area is good for many reasons. I anticipate any result to be awesome, but I will be monitoring closely to help things go smoothly... :/
|
Run like the Triplets or Martians instead of Wings of Fire? How Dare You!
In all seriousness, I think this thread is a really good wake-up call despite the tendency for verbal beat-downs, and should thus remain open for some time longer as its purpose is still present.
If you're an elite team, or are thought of as an elite team, it's an opportunity for self-reflection and an evaluation of how you come across. It's also an opportunity to reach out to other teams in the area on non-robot-related items--how do we come across? Do we come across as arrogant, elitist, entitled jerks, or do we come across as just another team that somehow happens to have multiple event wins and awards and wants everyone else to share in our knowledge?
And, if you're not in the elite class, what is YOUR attitude towards the teams that you consider to be in that class? Are you assuming that they are unapproachable, godlike, disdainful? Or are you making the attempt to talk to them? Learn from them? As the early discussion showed, sometimes the best of the best don't act the best. And sometimes it's on them to cross the gap and sometimes it's not.
Threads like this one sometimes have to be brought up. And quite often, proflict* produces the best results. These threads--and boy are there a lot this year!--serve a useful purpose. After all, if everything's going A-OK, then there just might be something horribly wrong...
*proflict: (n) Disagreement that is hashed out in a productive manner. Similar to conflict, but directed towards solving a problem, not attacking things that disagree with your methods/ideals/solutions.