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Well, I guess one of the most recent things that happened was at the VA Regional. I usually scout teams 2 to 3 matches ahead to see what the other teams can do, how they work, and try to help if they are having trouble. I was talking to a rookie team we were going to play and they had their entire robot apart. I start talking to the student working on the robot and he tells me what the problem is and all the details. I helped him with the test procedure and realized I couldn’t do too much more since it was a software problem and their laptop was at the hotel. But just before I got up to go watch some more matches, the student from this team looked up at the rest of his team that was standing around and said “this guy is on a team that is playing us in a little while, yet he is over here helping us!” I just smiled back and you could see in his face that it amazed him that one of his team’s opponents was willing to help them solve a problem. At the same time, you could also see he understood what FIRST is about.
FIRST has done a lot for me over the last 4 years, and it always amazes me how much it is like the real world and continues to become more like the real world every year.
Steve
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