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overall, the only thing that irks me is seeing teams that are composed of mostly retired engineers, parents, and other adults working on the robot and the kids merely helping by handing over the occasional drill. There are several teams that are organized and run by students and I really admire their dedication. I think FIRST should benefit the kids that participate more than the parents. Its also insulting when other teams came over to our team's pit and requested to "speak to someone in charge"(meaning an adult) only to ask questions that the students who built and designed the robot could have easily answered. This kind of behavior makes us feel incapable and insignificant.

Also, it was annoying how many kids that went to the after party in the park were taking WHOLE CASES of sodas with them instead of leaving some for the rest of us thirsty folks. Max and I were arguing over this b/c he couldn't believe robotics kids could be so rude and inconsiderate. pretty ironic considering he has no faith in humanity whatsoever and I'm much more trusting.

Our team and several others stayed at the Marriot Courtyard and Fairfield Inn. THey had a pool and a hot tub that many of us took advantage of and rightfully so ( we paid for it ). However, some idiots decided to dive into the shallow end and the manager of the hotel imposed a curfew on all the teams and refused to let us use their pool and hot tub. When I went to talk to other teams, some members told me to <disguised expletive deleted - ab> off. which is annoying considering I went to the manager and got her to open up the faciliites for us. Anyway, I was really dissapointed by the behaviors of several members of the FIRST community.

i forgot to say that the sedar was cute and fun and i've never been to a sedar before. also, props to the cute israeli kid at our table that was sad cause we didnt get to finish saying dayenu.