Go to Post it should not matter the gender of a person but rather their ability. - vivek16 [more]
Home
Go Back   Chief Delphi > FIRST > General Forum
CD-Media   CD-Spy  
portal register members calendar search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read FAQ rules

 
 
 
Thread Tools Rating: Thread Rating: 3 votes, 5.00 average. Display Modes
Prev Previous Post   Next Post Next
  #25   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 23-02-2002, 08:51
meaubry meaubry is offline
volunteer helper
FRC #6099 (Knights)
Team Role: Mentor
 
Join Date: Jun 2001
Rookie Year: 1997
Location: Shelby Twp, Mi
Posts: 784
meaubry has a reputation beyond reputemeaubry has a reputation beyond reputemeaubry has a reputation beyond reputemeaubry has a reputation beyond reputemeaubry has a reputation beyond reputemeaubry has a reputation beyond reputemeaubry has a reputation beyond reputemeaubry has a reputation beyond reputemeaubry has a reputation beyond reputemeaubry has a reputation beyond reputemeaubry has a reputation beyond repute
Still confused

Martin,
I'm guessing that you are a rookie team that has a very strong student run organization (minimal yet essential support of 2 to 3 teachers)
I think you are confused about the idea of "inspiration" as related to what FIRST is about. Please don't try and bring "Fairness" into this conversation as it is NOT relavent. Inspiration has nothing to do with what's "Fair" when it comes to designing or manufacturing parts that go on the robot. Those 2 issues are mutually exclusive.
FIRST is NOT a SCIENCE FAIR. FIRST loves teachers, but teaching is NOT what it is focused on.
FIRST expects that through this experience and ALL of the associated activities, the TOTAL experience will INSPIRE - not just the building of a remote controlled robot. Each team and each student - must decide "How" or sadly "If" that is going to happen.
Our team strives not only to inspire OUR students, but also any student that wants to use us as their inpiration. That's why we have successfully done 6 CDI competitions (You are welcome to join us next year, if you want to)
We will assist anyone that asks and have done so many times - in hopes of not only assisting them fix a problem, but maybe INSPIRING them as well.
Inspiration can come from many places, and in many ways. Our students are inspired by other teams that we have grown to know, admire and respect.
We also recognize that being connected with a large company, can also bring with it alot of negative criticism - and thats okay we accept it. But, the core of the team are people just like everyone else - we put in our personal time because we believe that the overall concept that FIRST has introduced to us has merit. I suppose that is why we are so passionate about our involvement. We love our kids, our teachers, and the fact that our company believes in FIRST too.
So what it comes down to is this - IT DOESN"T MATTER WHO MADE THE PARTS if you are talking about INSPIRATION for Science and technology. IT may matter if you are trying to compare your student created robot with other robots. But, I have never understood, in all 7 years that we have been involved with FIRST, HOW does building parts,WHO built them, and INSPIRATION even get in the same sentence?
Good Luck this year - I hope by our providing a webpage and a place to share common concerns, and exchange ideas, complaints, stories, rumors, and meeting Great new people - continues to INSPIRE the FIRST community at large.
Reply With Quote
 


Thread Tools
Display Modes Rate This Thread
Rate This Thread:

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

vB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
PBASIC sucks maDGag Programming 31 29-01-2003 03:16
Just a random bit of funniness Melancholy Chit-Chat 1 21-11-2002 22:36
Makin' a home-brewn dashboard program, and I need theory help! DanL Programming 33 05-07-2002 01:26
scoring penalty unfair archiver 2000 4 23-06-2002 23:55
i am a bit miffed Zeinin 3D Animation and Competition 3 18-01-2002 13:39


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 11:20.

The Chief Delphi Forums are sponsored by Innovation First International, Inc.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.6.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2017, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright © Chief Delphi