Everyone keeps posting about how the overall mood of FIRST is changing. I don't believe this is true.
Need proof that Gracious Profesionalism is alive and well?
Check out
this thread.
For every bad experience/event that is publicised on this board, there are 10 positive things that go unnoticed.
I urge everyone to post more about the positive experiences they see at competition.
My favorite new story is from UTC. My Aunt came to the regional, and happened to bring her 5 year old godson along for the trip. By saturday, all he could talk about was going back to kindergarten, and showing off his newly obtained collection of robotics pins at show and tell. His favorite pin belonging to the regional champion, who happened to be one of his favorite teams to cheer for.
This little boy was a die-hard technotick's fan by the end of the weekend... Even though 236 ran out of buttons, someone from the team itself donated a personal pin to this little boy... (even if he didn't choose 229 as his favorite... at least the kid has good taste!)
As if there is more proof needed then this kid's smile that FIRST is still "working"...
Rock on TechnoTicks! Rock on Gracious Profesionalism!