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Originally Posted by EricH
If "letting kids be kids" results in someone losing an eye, are those kids going to take responsibility?
Or are the mentors who are allowing the kids to do so going to feel the heat?
Correct answer: Yes.
I don't know about you, but I'd rather not have to deal with all the paperwork. I plan to have a sudoku book on me before Einstein...whether or not I happen to work a puzzle or two remains to be seen. I've seen (at one time long ago) somebody watching Monty Python. While those aren't the greatest things to do, they sure beat paper airplanes for cleanup and non-disruption of speeches.
As far as it happening every year, I can vouch that that's NOT the case. Seems to have started only after FIRST moved the CMP to St. Louis. It leaves a lot of extra trash for somebody to clean up (and I would hope that the throwers do try to clean some up...)
By the way, you're right that we don't have a right to tell those on not on our teams what to do. But... Did you just tell a bunch of folks who aren't on your team what to do? And bear in mind one other thing: Some of those folks you just told that to (and some of the folks down on the floor that might be getting hit by the airplanes) happen to be in positions to hire folks like you--young FIRSTers just getting out of high school and/or college. Would you believe that acting immature and disrespectful can impact your chances of being hired? I think I would.
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The thing about text is that you can't take the writers tone at which they mean it by, For example, if you read it in a snarky or mal-intent tone, then yes it would be disrespectful, however if you read it in a semi-serious and slap-happy way, the results are about as night is to day. (I also thought it was quite evident that you would be able to see the typical stereotypes here, young people thinking adults are boring parents telling other parents to "let kids be kids" and ext. However I can see that this was lost on many if not all of you. read it)
"telling students off only make it worse" was me
informing you of the kind of mindset you will be going up against.
"so if you want to stop your team from doing it then just do that," Was me giving you
advice on how to minimize it (if every mentor did this for there own team then no one would be throwing airplanes!)
"but you don't have a right to tell those of us who are not on your team to stop because you find it disrespectful or immature." Was me giving you a
fact which can also be taken as telling you.
I do agree with you all on the disrespect on doing this during speeches and awards, however I do not see doing this during dull moments immature, as long as the (throwers of the planes) pick up as many planes as they made and thrown before leaving,
and other then this you and everyone else who has posted on here, and I will not see eye to eye on this matter, as this was the most memorable and inspiring thing i got to witness and partake in during my first year going to worlds. so forgive me for being defensive over something i see as important (for real... not being smart A or anything)