[Spartan151]

Well, I'd like to take my time to say a little something, and then step down off my soapbox. Now, keep in mind that I enjoy working together with other teams, and that I have NOTHING AGAINST IT AT ALL.

But what I'd like to say is something I'm concerned about. Our coach left us last year and started teaching at a school 20 minutes from here. She told us that she'd be starting a new team there, and that we could mentor them. This, of course, is no problem. By no means was I against this. In fact, I thought it would be real neat. Given the fact that we are on our own this year, we would have to work to get funds, and the team just created could rely on the grants, and we'd work a joint partnership.

I guess I'm just living in the days of old. A couple of the team members decided to go behind everyone's backs and discuss merger deals with the rookie team. That would mean the end of 2065 and the rise of a new team. This also means the full startup grant again (I would assume). Now, I don't know the intricacies of this, but I, as most of the veteran staff, would suppose that we would basically be doing no hard work whatsoever and getting most of everything handed to us. This teaches us what? That we can just get by without really having to lift a finger? That we can have things handed to us for free? That you don't need to do a lot of work to get what you want? I may be taking this to an extreme, but a lot of them, due to human nature would apply this hand-out fact to real life. I guess the reason I'm ranting about this here and now is that I've been a hard worker all my life, and to see it just handed away on the notion that things can be given free and us not having to do anything just kind of grinds my gears.

Now, I DID say that I'm not against working together with others, and a merger would seem to make sense if it were two rookie teams, two veteran teams, or a veteran and a rookie, and that it was the rookie that was being integrated into the veteran, but with things just being handed to us it doesn't teach a whole lot. I may just be venting, but I wanted to get this out, because it was nagging at me for a couple weeks.

I know there are those who disagree, and those who may agree, and I respect each of your opinions. I would be happy to hear them. Thanks for reading.

Sean
Captain, Team 2065