Carolyn, FIRST isn't about winning at all, it’s about showing students what the field of engineering and technology and design is all about. If FIRST wanted they could send gold medals to all the teams, to show that everyone is a winner as long as you learned and had fun. As far as limiting goes, FIRST is never going to limit anything, as a matter of fact limiting is the exact opposite of what first mission statement is. This is why we have to come up with a solution to the size of nationals, where every team that wants to can attend a national competition.
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You also get the feeling of winning something in front of everyone who participated in the competition. That's a huge feeling. And having all those people cheering for you is beyond anything else imaginable.
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You shouldn't get this feeling from winning; you should get it because you learned something and because FIRST has opened doors to a whole new world for you.
Mike