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Originally Posted by FourPenguins
Reading these replies, I see a divergence in the philosophy of the posters. Of the two camps asking Craig to stay, there are those who say he should keep on plugging despite the adversity, and those who say that he should look within himself for a solution.
I tend to fall in the third camp. If Craig wants to leave CD for a while, that is entirely his right. I agree with a lot of the grievances he has with this forum. Yes, this forum is sterling compared to the majority of other forums on the internet, but you can't excuse your own failure just because no one else seems to be getting it right. Craig makes some good points, and I think we should all learn from them (like JVN is proposing to Craig) instead of getting our dander up. In reality, there are no sides to this issue. I think it's pretty clear that if he isn't back now, he won't be back. He's done with high school and he's moving on to a new stage of life. I am too. I might post on CD from time to time, but college is my time to be selfish. I'm taking a break from FIRST to focus on my own life, my own studies, and my own betterment. I think Craig's doing the same. He's just reached his own breaking point, and he needs to spend some time to work it out alone. Let him go in peace.
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There is a big difference between leaving on good and bad terms. Many people do take a break from FIRST as they leave high school, it's typically a
"We'll miss you, you should come to *insert regional here* for a day or two, to see what you missed, and we can't wait to see you back in a year or two!" Craig seems to have left on a much sourer note. If he's left feeling badly about the situation, I don't see much of a reason why he'd want to come back to FIRST period.
I think if Craig wanted to leave to do his own thing, he would have a departure similar to the first scenario I mentioned. However, he left essentially saying, "Some of you guys have problems respecting ideas. I can't take that. I'm leaving." He even enumerated how many there were, opening a whole new can of worms. He didn't air an entire basket of dirty laundry, but he started emptying it, and left the rest of it barely out of reach. I think that's why there's such a huge discussion, and what prompted John's response.