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Originally Posted by Rich Kressly
Billfred and I agree on most things, but I don't think the whole "redateam/blueateam" thing works in this instance. In fact, that feeling of "getting credit" and "I want to win because my team deserves it" might be cultural givens in our society, but I'd challenge everyone to just entertain the idea that those thoughts (and we ALL have them) might be something we need to recognize as potentially harmful if they get out of control.
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And once again, Kres and I find ourselves on the same side of the argument. Healthy competition is what makes life interesting. Unhealthy competition...well, you've heard Dean and Woodie talk about that.
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Originally Posted by rees2001
It looks like I started a little fire here & I just want to clarify a few things before anybody’s feelings get hurt.
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I see teaching kids to do things for an award as not much better than that parent at your pee-wee soccer game being disappointed at his/her kid for not taking the game seriously enough. We aren’t at the parent screaming at the ref status by any margin. But what happens when you hang your hopes on an award & you don’t get it. FIRST is about inspiring, what is inspiring about disappointing someone you look up to? I’m a teacher that loves his job. I don’t ever want my kids to think they aren’t good enough because they didn’t win an award. My kids rock!
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I didn't intend to call anybody out, the post just got me wondering.
I'm with you on the soccer analogy; you can't hinge success or failure in any part of this competition on whether or not you brought home a trophy. (I should know.) So long as the team is on the right track, life is good.