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Re: Core Values

On the Robowranglers we always say our highest value is "Professionalism at all times."



Ask almost any wrangler, and they'll tell you this. A few years ago, we started to notice that when asked "What is our highest value" our students would happily parrot this back as the answer, but didn't really know what it meant. We started asking them: "Ok, so what does that mean? What IS professionalism?" Some of the answers we've received are pretty cool. Go ahead and ask them at competition. My favorite answer: "Volunteering to sweep the shop."

Does this align with FIRST Values? I would say -- absolutely. Unfortunately "gracious professionalism" has been (imho) twisted by some people in a lot of ways that don't really align with what I believe Dr. Flowers originally intended.

The "professionalism" part of gracious professionalism seems to have been lost by some people...
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