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Re: FRC in China discussion thread
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Originally Posted by Dale
FIRST was originally founded on the idea that we needed to step our game in order to compete.
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I was not involved at the very beginning, but I did attend kickoffs in Manchester starting in 1996. Discussion on how the FIRST Competition would enhance our (i.e., America's) capabilites relative to competition from other parts of the world was lively back then and it remains so today. Consensus in most discussions where I have been a participant, then and now, seems to be that competition from those other parts of the world is the best preparation for competition from those other parts of the world. It sounds obvious because it is.
A rising tide lifts all boats.
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Richard Wallace
Mentor since 2011 for FRC 3620 Average Joes (St. Joseph, Michigan)
Mentor 2002-10 for FRC 931 Perpetual Chaos (St. Louis, Missouri)
 since 2003
I believe in intuition and inspiration. Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution. It is, strictly speaking, a real factor in scientific research.
(Cosmic Religion : With Other Opinions and Aphorisms (1931) by Albert Einstein, p. 97)
Last edited by Richard Wallace : 20-09-2014 at 18:57.
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