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Anyway, after three years of building wooden, electronic nightmare robots in our half furnished wood shop we ended the 1999 season with $68 in the
bank and I was ready to quit. Our team had the wrong attitude those days, too negative, and the "fun" which was supposed to be FIRST kept getting
squashed out when we competed and fell apart on the field.
When the 2000 season began almost 100 kids came out for the team. They had waited since they were in 7th grade to be there, having seen our robots
in one of the demos we gave to the younger kids. So I decided to give it one more shot for the kids sake.
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I'm glad I'm not the only one who had this kind of experience. After the 2000 season (our rookie year) I had no intention of coming back. It was a total, exhausting, frustrating nightmare.
However, in October 2001, our one returning high school team member requested that we try again. This one thing changed my mind and encouraged me to give it another go.
So, my number one reason for being involved in FIRST would have to be:
1. High school and college students who actually want to learn something and are willing to put in a little time to try.
Andrew
Team 356