[CyberWolf_22]

I have been to Championship 3 times and at all 3 of them, I have noticed a steady decline in the amount of spirit. My freshmen year my team went to the Houston Championship event, I saw many very established teams standing, cheering, and screaming there hearts out. I knew that cheering and applauding was part of FIRST from attending Lone Star that year but I had never dreamt of the amount of energy and excitement I saw at the Championship. The last two years I have not been as impressed and have still anticipated the excitement I saw at my first championship but have been disappointed the last two years. Don't get me wrong there are still many teams that keep up their energy every year even when other teams do not. Sadly, my team is not always the one standing and cheering but every time other members on our drive team, and I do get to attend a match if we see something that we believe is exciting or an engineering achievement we stand and applaud that team that accomplished it. We also do the same for all teams as they are being introduced and we applaud when the scores are announced.

However, we try to take in consideration of the people behind us. This year at championship only 3 members of my team were able to attend (did not compete just watched and cheered) at are seats on Einstein there was an elderly man behind us who have a cane and obviously could not stand with out discomfort. We still stood and applauded the work of the other teams but tried to keep our standing to brief instances so that the man behind us, and others, could enjoy the ceremonies as much as we were. We did not stand during matches but we did clap and cheer. We stood and applauded during times when what was going on visually was not as important as the fact that the team won the award or that the speaker just gave a good speech.