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I'm sorry 810 was like that for you this year, I wish there was some help I could offer, but it sounds like I'd be shirked at, I wish you could do something to allow FIRST to actually see whats going on in the team
however just remember everyone has their disagreements, tentions get high and things get overbarring.. This year Team 710 tentions were getting very high, and I was getting pressure as the Teams chairman to quwell it.. the main threat was coming from the mentors who seemed to become overbearing ( we have more mentors this year than ever, which is a good thing, just its hard to get working on the same page )
We had been told that it was our bot this year and when they started to try to make everything their way.. all it took was the threat of the team leaving and they backed off some, it was a minor episode that created an extreme ackwardness for a few days, but we are the better for it, we all see where everyone else is coming from
IT seems to me a lot of teams need revamping, and a lot of times tentions do arise from overbearing mentors on kids
The way I theorize it is if we all wanted the tention that a football gives breathing down your back when you miss a block or a tackle, if that was all our nature, then most all of first would be playing football
FIRST is more laid back than that, and needs to be seen as such, don't get me wrong hard work needs to be done Trust me I know those 9am- 1am days will haunt FIRST forever, but just be down right jovial about it, and try to use GP to stay off eachothers backs so everyone can enjoy the learning process, I think thats why FIRST is growing so fast, because it is so exciting and an innovative way of learning and its just fun to be around the FIRST people, I think every year there is a slip in GP due to high tensions, but I think if GP was not there ne more, or was declining as rapidly as some believe then FIRST would not be growing so quickly
Just remember to stay light hearted and have a good time with what your doing try not to take things that are said under pressure wrong, just know they were said under pressure shirk the comment off and forgive the person for it
FIRST isn't about holding grudges its about taking those grudges and crushing a box with them :-) hehe
Dan
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