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Originally Posted by Libby K
If I can step in and add my two cents for just a moment.
The concert was will.i.am and his friends stepping forward to celebrate FIRST.
At the "Mothers of Invention" panel on Friday (which included will.i.am's mother, Evelyn Kamen, and some other very smart moms), Will stood up and said the following:
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Originally Posted by Will.I.Am
One day, I was riding around on my Segway backstage, and I was like 'WOW. I wanna call the guy who invented this and tell him how awesome he is.' So I did. Then he told me about FIRST and I said I wanted to check it out. So I came to the kickoff, and I saw all these students. Dean said to me, 'Do you think you can make FIRST cool?' and I said 'Dean, it's already cool. I'm gonna make it LOUD." So I called up ABC and I asked them for some air-time.
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He went on and on about this - but what y'all should take from this is that WILL.I.AM WANTED TO DO THIS FOR FIRST. Nobody is 'pandering to celebrities' or trying to 'destroy your experience' for their own funsies. |
Now that is pretty cool.
On another note, I did not attend the championship
and I have heard mixed reviews from friends, and to be honest, after 8+ years of watching Chiefdelphi I really expected to see a few more negative posts about the concert here.
But the pictures that have been put up of the event speak so much more.
It was a smashing success, it looked like it was executed pretty well, and it did not cause the event to come to any sort of serious grinding halt.
Interesting conclusion, FIRST might see some sort of success in developing a model that makes it more fun to be smart. Great job everyone who contributed to the event, and to Will.I.Am to finding his inner geek.
I personally think any student should be allowed to participate, as long as he/she is helpful and active. FIRST, to me, is about inspiration, not elitism. - Aignam [more] 
01-05-2011, 20:40
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