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Originally Posted by Waynep
Heidi, thanks for sharing the story. The first guy is Daniel Cherry; that was his first year with us and he was really shy to begin with. The interesting thing is that he definitely remembers that conversation with you. He told me that the first competition at VCU really changed him. His first conversation was with a girl from 116 who was really nice, he was really nervous at first but she was nice and really listened. Daniel gained a lot of confidence and I guess we have you to thank.
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Wow. I'm actually almost (I said almost) speechless. I was just doing what I do, if not the best, then a lot of, which is talking (and listening), and I never realized I could have an impact like that. Since then, whenever I've talked about that regional and 2Train, I've always sheepishly admitted putting Daniel on the spot to satisfy my curiosity about your team but I won't feel guilty about it anymore!
Most of us have grown up with our parents telling us "Don't talk to strangers" but if I'm at a robotics competition, I'm now going to make it a point to talk to strangers because there are a lot of wonderful stories out there just waiting to be heard.
Thank you Wayne, you really made my day!
Heidi