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A matter of opinion..
Posted by colleen.   [PICTURE: SAME | NEW | HELP]
Other on team #246, a FIRST-aholic, from John D. O'Byrant High School/Boston Latin Academy and NSTAR/Boston University/Wentworth Institute of Technology/MassPEP. Posted on 3/20/2000 8:58 PM MST In Reply to: Re: Sub Contracted ? posted by mike aubry on 3/20/2000 6:14 PM MST: basically, all that's being argued is a matter of opinion.. some teams see FIRST as a project to be done solely by the kids, others see it as a process like Delphi runs, and others see it as a solely engineer thing.. the fact of the matter is, mike's right, there are no rules on how it should be done, and therefore their process is in no way wrong.. personally, (and this is only personally), i have no issues/bad thoughts about the way Delphi's team is run.. for the last 5 years, i've been throughly impressed by the team and the robot 47 brings to competition.. however, i would never really want to be on a team run that way because i see FIRST as something different.. i joined FIRST my freshman year because when i was in 8th, my dad drraaaaaaagged unwilling me to the competition and i was awestruck just to think 'hey- these kids built these robots, they work, and i can do that too?!?!' fortunately for my busy hands, my old team Nypro runs a team in which the students directly brainstorm, mockup, design, manufacture the robot... was i not allowed that opportunity my freshman year, i can guarantee that i never would have returned my sophomore year or every year so after... basically- we are all in FIRST for the same core reason, to inspire kids. I was once the student, now i'm a mentor and work my hardest to afford the kids on my new team the same chances to learn as i had, because i think there is a lot to be said about the 'hands-on' approach.. afterall, it's the sole reason i'm studying engineering now... what my long-winded nutshell means is: i think we should all respect the fact that we are all in FIRST for the same reason, and all the right reasons, and we are doing something positive for the world no matter how we all feel the process should be completed.. some sponsors, some companies, engineers, teachers, students want to give more, do more, learn more and do it in different ways - and we should respect that.. after all- like dean said in jersey, we're all one big FIRST family... so we may not do it the same, but remember are goals are the same, and we should be proud of every team who's working towards that goal.. Congrats to everyone :-) |
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