[scottydoh]

This is an excellent idea!

Being an active member of one of those "loseing" teams, I know exactly the feeling you talking about. I also know alot of people that could use this kind of help.

And from a non FIRST standpoint, being a current architecture student, I face alot of failure and criticism in my day to day activities. Everytime I present a project or idea, my professors (with architects being the way they are) just like to flex their ego's and make you feel like a worthless loser. And what I think makes a good student, or person for that matter, is how you handle this criticism. Ive seen many students get angry and try to fight back...and we all know this really does no good.

Personally, I channel my frustration into writing. Immediately after a presentation, or FIRST event, I so right to my notebook, and write down everything I /missed/didn't do/should have done, and what i'll do next time. Here at 810 we recently brought this idea to the team in the form of post competition/build season brainstorming.

Eitherway, this is a very important lesson for both FIRST and for life in general. I'd love to see this turn into an official whitepaper.

~Scott