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Re: What does the Chairman’s Award have to do with a robot contest?
In one word? Me. I am not an engineer. I have never been good at science and I never will be. But being involved with FIRST has totally changed my outlook on life. I am a member of our team's Chairman's Award group. I love being a member of the HOT Team. I am around all of the science and technology and FIRST has given me the opportunity to realize how appreciative I really should be of it all. I understand that there are a lot of things that I can't do, and I have gained a whole new level of respect for those who can.
When I started on the team, GM engineers were just people who made cars. Now I realize that all engineers are people who have what it takes to make an incredible difference in this world. I watch at competitions as high school students create things that only a few years ago couldn't even be dreamed of. I watch in astonishment. The way I see it, that is what FIRST is about. Even though I can't do engineering, I can express my pride and how I've been inspired by all of this in the way that I know how to do best, by writing, by documenting my pride in an incredible thing called FIRST.
But anyways, that's my personal opinion on why the Chairman's Award is a part of FIRST.
~Bethy
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This season, I was a part of a great team, with great kids who were really inspired, and who inspired me back. That's my brag, what's yours?
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