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Unread 08-09-2014, 00:01
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Re: Do FIRST kids behave better?

At least at hotels, I don't think it's the fact that we're FIRST kids. I think it's that we're at competition.
<begin story>
On an exchange trip to France (unrelated to robotics, except that I went and that the teacher in charge, our main mentor's wife, mentors when she can), we spent a few days in Paris. When we checked out, the concierge told our teacher that the group had been extremely well-behaved.
In French, she responded with something to the effect of, "Of course! It's like having dogs- you have to run them all day until they're so tired that when they get back to the hotel at night, they have no choice but to collapse into bed."
<end story>
That's pretty much exactly what happens to our team at competition- it's the culmination of all the work we've put into the team that year, and everyone there does as much as they can to help our team succeed. Waking up early to get into the stands; coming back late from fixing the robot; by the time we get back to the hotel after competition, we're exhausted.
And anecdotally, as a former team captain, the first night's room check is usually the most annoying if the team got in the night before competition starts.

Outside of that? I've seen the team behave themselves, and I've seen the team be rude. I suppose it can easily change based on what setting your selective memory is on, and I don't keep records of mine.
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