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Re: Top 3 Days in your Team's History
Well, I can’t speak for the entire team without discussing this with them first, so I’ll share the top 3 “days” in my own FIRST career (after reading Dave's post):
1) The day that Woodie Flowers personally presented me with the 2004 Peachtree Regional Woodie Flowers award. I am still moved just thinking about this and will remember that moment as long as I live.
2) The day we were able to help our friends from team 1396 build the “One Day Wonder” robot in the pits at the 2004 Nationals. I felt it a privilege to be able to be a part of this. The championship was also nice.
3) We had a special education student on our team for several years. One day his mother shared with us how her son’s experience on the team had changed his life by improving his self esteem.
The plastic trophies for winning events are nice to have. They are presented to the team as a whole at the end of a very exciting day and serve as a tangible reminder for years to come. Many of the heart warming and life changing events that take place in the context of FIRST are rather private and not celebrated. Perhaps we could do a better job of sharing these stories when it is appropriate.
Jay
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