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at least two databases, successful ! (long)
Posted by soap108 at 02/26/2001 10:51 PM EST


Engineer on team #108, SigmaC@T, from Dillard & Taravella HS and Motorola.


In Reply to: Re: tons of databases, none of them successful...
Posted by Robby on 02/26/2001 6:14 PM EST:



Did any of you db-nay-sayers' robots get built correctly the first day? Or did it take time? How much time? Was your robot the collaboration of multiple teams or just your own?

I think [your] definition of "success" is much different from ours. It may even be a bit selfish.

There's a tremendous amount of effort put into these db's that [you] are not aware of. Such is the level of detail and forward thinking that (at least) the WASH and SOAP teams have put into their system.

What is a goal of FIRST? To teach/mentor HS students in Science and Technology. WASH/SOAP is no different. We happened to build a "software robot" and not a mechanical one. Our 'Kit of parts' are our students and their minds.

I personally have a much greater appreciation for teamwork, now having gone through the headaches of LEADING a cross-site (cross-areacode/cross-country/cross-FIRST-team/younameit) development. And I haven't even graduated college yet! (two more months)
SOAP is run by Alumni and students, not professional engineers (yet). WASH (MikeS) is headed by a recent Motorola intern who graduated college. And I believe Nate (GMCIA) is also still in college?

And here's the bottom line- our SOAP StUDentS have LEARNED much more about software development, information technology, and true teamwork than any of our previous year's robot-teams combined. And to think they're just 9th/10th graders and some of them aren't even a part of our official high school partners! The average age is
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