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Re: Pressure on Drive Team
Here is my view on the whole who is on drive team thing:
Driving the robot is a reward. In all honesty, many of us put 6 weeks of our life into that robot. If you examined it, you would find traces of our sweat and blood (literally!) on the robot. Some of us even begin feeling attached to it.The way we chose our drive team is our most dedicated members who are able to attend all trips. Yes, everyone does some work, but more willing and interested members are quickly seperated from others. It is kind of like a reward for those who put in the most time and effort into it. Honestly, EVERYONE wants to drive the robot, so we try to be as fair about it as possible. Remember, winning is always a good feeling (and in this sense, you would make everyone try out to find the best drivers), but knowing that you put all of your free time and energy into a machine, and getting the chance to actually use it is better. One of the comments many mentors made to us was that we were lucky that we get to see our own finished product and use it.
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