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Re: The Sad truth

well i would also agree with alot of things posted in this thread,

and one thing about FIRST is the competetive darwinism.

the survival of the fittest.

and teams must realize that even though FIRST is about engineering, it is also important for team members to learn about business and financing.

we have basically done that as a team this year, it is completely student run. our teacher mentors are pretty much there to ask questions to and sign checks. they have pushed us into having our own financig team who look at all of our expences, our funding from sponsors, and how much we need to spend on various competitions and parts.

we also have a public relations group who deal with sponsors and trying to get funding from the government and other groups.

so what im basically trying to say is that i think that teams should also teach the students about things such as how to deal with their finances, how to write a decent letter to a respectable company or government official.

learning things like that is all part of the FIRST experience. (in my eyes at least)
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