we're not to much further along that u guys are, we have mock-ups for wheels made outa plywood and scrap aluminum. we have our robot pretty much designed in our heads but as far as actually building it, we have gotten nowhere.
as far as leadership goes for our team--the adults rock the show. many of the students want to do things their own way but dont have enough willpower/courage to do anything about it though, so the adults kinda control a lot. we've stood for what we've wanted though recently. last year, some adults wanted a certain color for our teeshirts but none of the students agreed, so finally we took an independant vote and decided upon ourselves. getting together as a student team works to stand up for yourselves. FIRST is for us, not the adults, and i thnk its taken my team about 5 years to finally realize that, considering it was the students last year who got us to almost win nationals (we came in 7th place and missed finals by a hair) by almost demanding how the robot be built. if we hadnt done so, we would have never done as well as we did. so its up to you guys, as students, to recognize yourselves and stand up for your team.
