Quote:
Originally Posted by Wayne TenBrink
"You didn't build that" - Barack Obama
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You're darn wrong, I did. Or more accurately, We did. That statement takes away the effort that went into, well, anything. I don't think anyone would lay claim that a system on a robot is a 100% original idea that came out of nothing. But to say that adapting the pattern to something isn't actually building it? That's just straight up offensive.
You're right, my students didn't invent the idea of a wheel, or timing belt, or gears. But they put them together in a way that meets our particular requirements. They built a solution to our problem.
Did they come up with the choo choo linkage on our shooter? No. Did they adapt existing solutions to our problem at hand? Yes. They did. Are they taking credit for it being their original idea? Heavens no, but to insinuate that they didn't put in effort is wrong.
Now, I'm all for borrowing ideas. I'm also all for thanking those who came up with those ideas (publicly or privately) or who pointed you in that direction. But I'm never for taking away the hard work people put in.
(And this isn't even touching on the context that quote is from, which I have far more problems with)