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Re: What are you saying?!?!
Posted by Chris Orimoto at 04/12/2001 2:52 PM EST


Student on team #368, Kika Mana, from McKinley High School and Nasa Ames/Hawaiian Electric/Weinberg Foundation.


In Reply to: Yes, yes YES!!!
Posted by Rob DeCotiis on 04/12/2001 2:01 PM EST:



Please keep in mind that the mission of FIRST is to "inspire" students in the fields of science and engineering. Although yes, I did spend a lot of time working on the robot...I would have to say that our engineers PROBABLY spent more. I can see if your adult-coach made a bad decision at one point, but that is also one aspect of the rules that should be discussed by the ENTIRE alliance-station team before any matches are started. Yes, even the students have the responsibility of reminding the adults that they cannot push the red button.

Example...we had many pre-competition discussions on who and what was going to be in the alliance station during matches. To AVOID any possible coaches pushing the button, our human player was made responsible for that task. I mean, if she wasn't there on time, then either I or the other driver would do it. Delegating responsibilities such as that is a tiny, yet crucial part of being a competitor in this "game". And mind you it NEED not be the adults or the coaches that do everything. As responsible students, you CAN take matters into your own hands if necessary.
(And YES, I am also a student, so this is not any type of biased adult opinion)

Just my personal thoughts...

Chris, #368
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