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Originally Posted by vivek16
I am wondering the same thing octothorpe is. How much sleep do you guys get? For me, if i dont get atleast seven hours of sleep i start to go a little crazy. if we got out at 8:00 then I would have until 11 to finish my homework. not counting dinner.
thanks,vivek
p.s. are caffine pills allowed in FIRST?  |
HA! 7 hours is way more than enough.
As John said, Team 237 meets from 4-8 every week night of build (Mon-Friday) with a dinner stop from 6-6:30ish or less depending on how busy we are.
To build on that, students are not required to attend any meeting by any means, but if you promise to do something for the team you are expected to be there to finish that promise. (ie: Mechanical team member making a part, electrical team member getting supplies, etc.. etc...)
School comes first with all students. Grades are more important than meetings or the team itself, so if they need extra time to study the day before a big test (even if it's the dreded week 6) the student is expected to make arrangements for that.
During the last 2-3 weekends of build, some get together if extra time is needed.
Also, as far as dinner goes, student's are not expected (I don't think) to supply at least one meal for the team, but it goes towards your participation credit when you do.
ie: A student cooks for the team for 5 nights out of the 6 weeks will get more participation credit in that aspect than one who only cooked 1 night, but the dinners are all still appreciated. The line of this agreement is fuzzy, but we plan this in December, or @ kickoff if we are running late. We have at least 6 weeks worh of time to fill on that food calendar, so a donated dinner is better than a dinner the team would have to purchase out of pocket, or a night gone by without food.
In the 7 years I have been on my team, we have not missed a night of food if we knew about the meeting in advance. In the case we plan a surprise meeting, it's usually handled (fairly) smoothly by all who attend how to eat that day. lol
And btw, caffeine pills are
not encouraged. They provide a false sense of awareness (especially when driving - we won't go much farther into that story right now.
lol)
Liquid versions of caffeine are greatly consumed tho by every FIRST team. (Mountain Dew, Monster, or Bawls are the preferred forms on 237 from what I have seen.)
