Thread: Which aspect of FIRST gives you the most inspiration?
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Re: Which aspect of FIRST gives you the most inspiration?
I think the most inspirational part of FIRST is definitely the people, but obviously the competitions and the robot are not far behind. Inspiration comes from all angles in FIRST.

In my experience, the mentors help us realize our dreams, our peers help us with those dreams, and the other people involved with FIRST give us the ability/opportunity to achieve our dreams. Without the people of FIRST, I don't know who I would look up to as role models.

Simply attending a FIRST competition can inspire someone to invest their time, money, and/or effort to the FIRST community. Without the energetic atmosphere that can be found at any competition, it would be hard to inspire newcomers to get involved with FIRST.

Personally, spending the time and putting the effort towards building a robot was the most gratifying part of FIRST. Seeing all your time and effort from the 6 weeks pay-off at competitions, win or lose, can be very inspiring.
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