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Re: Let's Put the Professionalism back in Gracious Professionalism
msd,without quoting every single word you said, let me say I agree entirely with your opinion.
this is what I have to contribute to this debate:
When browsing the ChiefDelphi portal I sometimes spot a thread with a title that criticizes FIRST. I can tell that the person is going to get slammed pretty hard by pretty much everyone. I am never wrong about it.
and that is pretty sad in my opinion.
I think that for many people FIRST has risen to a state of "religion" (for lack of a better term) where there is an axiom that guides their attitude towards FIRST: "FIRST is flawless".
I am very close to this but since i'm still relatively new to FIRST (only 2 years on a team, 1 year as volunteer and 1 year as a mentor), I do not believe my thoughts about FIRST have matured enough for me to completely understand all upsides and downsides of FIRST.
-Leav
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"We choose to build robots this season and do the other things; Not because they are easy, but because they are hard." -Paraphrasing JFK
Participated in FIRST as a student: 2005-2006 (But still learning every season!)
Mentor: 2008 - ? (Team 2630 2008-2011, and Team 3316 since 2013)
Engineer: 2011 - ? (B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Mech. Eng. from the Technion IIT)
FIRST Volunteer - 2007 - ? (MC, FTA, FIRST Aid etc.)
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