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Suggestions to alter robowars mind set
I'm an adult on a first-year rookie team. It was OBVIOUS to me that this FIRST event is not a case of "BattleBots", but it was less obvious to the high school students.
1) Just keep plugging away with the daily mantra of "gracious professionalism". Put it up on wall banners "in your face".
2) Re-show and have a discussion about the spirit of the videos and all the good things about corporate partnerships, etc.
3) Find a team in your town that has "been around" FIRST and get a guest lecturer to come in and share the positive aspects of the event (note I didn't even use the word "competition".
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The THUNDER just keeps getting LOUDER in 2008....
Team 1511 now supports over 15 FLL teams
RollingThunder....Winner of the 2007 Chairman's Award at Finger Lakes Regional and Spirit Award at Boston.....Winner of 2006 Finger Lakes Regional Engineering Inspriation and Boston Imagery awards.......Winner of 2005 World Championship Rookie All-Star (plus FLR Rookie All-Star, Buckeye Top-Seeded Rookie, GTR Champion, Spirit, and Inspiration)
"Gracious Professionalism is a WAY of life".....
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