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Originally Posted by JaneYoung
If I may, passion will help get through school - but smart goes a long way towards achieving that degree. We need our smart people. We need our brilliant people. We also need to remember that sometimes there are those who are forming/deciding who they are and what they are made of and they may not think they have what it takes. That is when passion and support can help them engage. We need our JVNs and Karthiks. We need our Andy Bakers and Dave Laverys. We need our MGoelzs and our KathieKs. Everyone can contribute, can care, can make a difference on a team and in this thing called FIRST. That's the point.  |
I wont argue that we don't need smart people but I feel that passion and a strong dose of being willing to learn can often be just as potent.
Slightly off topic comment here: Don't forget that if a person isn't interested in robots there are still like a billion things to do on a team that don't involve robots. We have the problem on our team (dilemma would be a better word) that only one student wants to play an active role in the robot, the rest do awards or animation or website. Mentioning the non-technical side of things can often bring you people who would not normally give you a second thought. At demos and stuff perhaps off the ability to play in 3ds or at least show an animation. FIRST isn't all technical and doesn't always require engineers.