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Originally Posted by 3132MentorMike
... But I think FRC is much bigger than this. When I see an alliance come together with teams from the USA, China, and Taiwan, I have hope that one day one of the students from that alliance will stop a war, because they remember THAT alliance and how they banded together to win the first FRC regional in Australia this past March. I hope they remember that at the regional, they had more uniting them than dividing them.
What makes FIRST the best at what it does is that all of us participating in FRC are becoming and can be a truly global community. We have a common love for STEM and robotics and competing like crazy. We have a common ethic in our notion of GP. And we are demonstrating that we don’t care where you are in the world: come join us……if you want, we are happy to stop by and help you out!
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Well said, Mike! The cultural walls fall quickly when teams share a common goal. Many thanks to your team, 525 (who got my team involved in this global effort) and all of the other FRC teams engaged in this worthy effort. Our kids are having a blast while making life-long friends with kids around the world as a result of their FRC involvement. What more could we ask for?