Thread: Exploring The 'We're All Winners' Concept
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Re: Exploring The 'We're All Winners' Concept
To say that "we are all winners" is an out right lie. Teams just can't show up and expect to get something out of it. I'm not saying that losing is a bad thing, though. That's just a statistic. It helps to win but there are more important things.

FIRST was set up to inspire students to learn more about science and technology. Not to win awards, not to win matches, to inspire. If your team is inspired to work hard, learn more, and push the edge then the awards and wins will come. If a FIRST alumni cures cancer or gets us off of oil or coal, that will matter more than having a great FRC season.

Mentors are supposed to do just that, mentor. That's what makes this program different from any other I've ever seen.

"We are all winners" if we buy into the system how it is set up and push for excellence not to win today but to win tomorrow.
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