[KenWittlief]

Ok, I will try on someone elses shoes.

Let say FIRST is not an American thing. Lets say FIRST was founded in Japan, and the Championship is held every year in Tokyo.

Im sitting there in Tokyo at the opening ceremonies, there are 330 teams from Japan, 4 from Canada, one from Brazil, two from england, one from Israel, one from Africa

and one team from the US.

The speaker points out what a great country Japan is. Would I feel upset?

Not a bit!

After all, if I had traveled thousands of miles with 20 HS students to attend an event that only happens in that country, I would have to agree with him: "You got some really great things going on here - thats why we are here!"