[skrussel]

We are a true rookie team - not one kid has ever participated in FIRST before! It's wonderful and horrible all at the same time.....worried about finishing, freaked out when they make a mistake, ecstatic when everything works as planned.
Emotionally exhausting, y'know?

We are learning to work as a team, which is sometimes VERY hard. Personalities clash. Some kids work really hard and long hours, others are there kind of on the sidelines, watching. Some kids discover that this whole FIRST thing is not for them. They bail on the team - too much time and too much work involved. Sometimes, resentment creeps in, usually due to individual kids' perceptions and beliefs about WHO should be doing WHAT and WHEN.

But there is nothing, repeat NOTHING that can compare to the agony and the ecstacy of being on a FIRST Robotics team.

You veteran teams all know about this, don't you?
Wouldn't trade the experience for anything.

I love my team!! Susan Krussell, teacher/coach Team 1037
The SCREAM Team