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Why Do I do this??

Posted by Joshua Berthiaume at 1/3/2001 6:11 PM EST


Student on team #146, Power Knights, from Manchester West High School and FCI.


In Reply to: why why why...?
Posted by Ken Leung on 12/30/2000 10:05 PM EST:




Some people do this because they like to work with drill motors, window motors and seat positioning motors. Some do it for the thrill of operating a robot up on stage. Some do it because they like the scouting aspects of the competition. Finding out why your machines program wont make the speed controller do one thing or another. Some people do it just because they need to find an extra 'to do' after school because there parents told them to.

I do it because I love it. I love meeting new people at the competitions. I do it because I like the new and exciting challenges every year at nationals when I find out what the F.I.R.S.T. People (as in the engineers) have cooked up for me all summer long. Every year that comes by. Bringing a new challenge and another chance to show myself that if I put my mind to something and want it enough I will have it. When I'm stuck in the shop till 11:00pm every night because I can't stop working because I know that every second that I work on my robot it will be that much better, and reaching my deadline/goal.

My goal is to give myself the proper tools to work on a team and achieve something... It's getting assigned those crappy boring jobs of watching matches all day in front of the Einstein field at nationals. Or being the freshman that has to run to the snack bar for the upper-classmen.

These are the things that drives me to be a first-a-holic, these are the things I get out of F.I.R.S.T. When I am sitting in the stands watching the machine that 'I' built that is the best part.

As a new season approaces I wish all teams out there good luck with there building seasons and I hope to see you at competitions! =)

~Josh Berthiaume
Team 501


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