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Posted by Chris, Coach on team #308, Walled Lake Monster, from Walled Lake Schools and TRW Automotive Electronics.

Posted on 3/29/99 2:36 PM MST


In Reply to: Re: Please don't cop out posted by Chris on 3/29/99 1:03 PM MST:



: The thing that I hate to hear most is that "Things will never be (fill
: in the blank) so why change?" That is the biggest cop out I've ever
: heard. If this were true, then why do we do anything in life? Why do
: we make new laws, review the rules of golf every few years, make a new
: motor design for the next model year automobile? Because change can
: IMPROVE things. Things may never be perfect, but through a series of
: improvements (through CHANGE), things become much closer to perfect.
: Just because something doesn't solve all of the problems, doesn't mean
: it isn't an improvement and it isn't worth while to implement it. If
: change weren't worthwhile, all of us engineers would be out of jobs,
: since cars, computers, etc. work just fine now. We all have jobs
: because things can be changed and improved.

: And remember - "Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine."

Just an addition -

I'm not trying to debate whether or not this is a good change in the
rules. I'm just trying to point out that change can be good and don't
rule anything out just because it doesn't make things perfect. Change
doesn't have to make things perfect - it just needs to improve things.