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Re: Behavior at the competitions
I generally don't think "oh, what huge brats" when I see kids on other teams playing DS or texting during a long opening speech, and that their actions can be used to extrapolate that they don't appreciate FIRST. I think it's a simple combination of lack of awareness, the somewhat hyperactive nature of the average FIRST student, and the culture of today that makes this thing happen rather than an intentional effort to disrespect speakers.
Consider that people these days do stuff like livetweeting, texting, dynamic communication, and internet reference lookup on their phones and it'll look a lot less bad. I'm sure if someone looked at me at Kickoff and saw me typing a tweet about it, it wouldn't look the best.
To clarify, though, I don't approve at all and think students should be corrected, and that's not something I tolerate on 2791.
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