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Gracious Professionalism
Posted by Kate.   [PICTURE: SAME | NEW | HELP]
Engineer on team #190, Gompei, from Mass Academy of Math and Science and Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Posted on 1/12/2000 11:57 AM MST In Reply to: Declawed games posted by Marc DeSchamp on 1/12/2000 11:04 AM MST: These forums are used to share ideas with other people. While I agree that you are sharing an idea with the group, it wasn't exactly the happiest idea in the world to share. These forums are used for constructive purposes. Not once in your message did I see anything positive about anything related to this year's game. The FIRST Code of Ethics is 'Gracious Professionalism.' This consists of Respect, Courtesy, Good Sportsmanship, and Best Behavior at ALL Times. Not only does this mean that you should be respecting all the other teams, but FIRST as well. There is a very hard working group of people that work at FIRST. They do come here and read the messages as well. If I worked for FIRST, and I saw this message, I would be really offended. These people work their hardest at all times to make things work as smoothly as possible in the time that they have. It is not an easy job to do what they do. While I do agree that the earlier games were a lot more exciting to watch and participate in, the aura of your message was not within the Gracious Professionalism that FIRST manifests so greatly. This concept of Gracious Professionalism is something that I live by at all times, not just when doing FIRST. Since I have been doing FIRST for the last 4 years, and I am so involved and devoted (just ask anyone), I am actually rather offended by your message. FIRST is my life. Sure, sometimes FIRST doesn't make the best decisions, but it's something that you learn to live with. Nothing is perfect. Nothing is supposed to be. Granted we would all like it to be perfect, but that's impossible. FIRST has it's ups and downs. If you're involved in FIRST for the reasons it was created, then you don't worry about the downs very much. You are involved in this competition not to win. You are here to inspire the students. You are here For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology. You are here to help the kids grow. Not only is this to get them into science and technology, but it's a learning experience for life. How many things were you involved in as a kid to get you ready for the 'real world?' Where else do you learn how to work on a team productively, how to meet deadlines, how to think quickly but productively, how to work with people, and in general, just how to deal with everything in your life once you hit the working world. While I'm sure that everyone would love to win the competition, I'm sure that's not what everyone is really in it for. Everyone is given the same set of rules and restrictions. A lot of other people are going to have the same problems that you are with the competition. But everyone will need to figure out how to compensate for it and deal with the problems. Just because this year's competition might not be as great as competitions past, that doesn't mean that it isn't accomplishing the same things (with respect to the inspiration for the kids) as the older competitions. Thank you for your time. Kate Leach Team 190 WPI / MAMS Gompei |
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