2012 Lessons Learned:The Negative

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Originally Posted by Taylor

If FIRST had declared there was going to be a free BEP concert, they would have invited a hailstorm (no pun intended) of security troubles.

I have no use for a BEP concert, but would totally rock out to Halestorm!

Originally Posted by Karthik

Since when was the FIRST image intrinsically tied into "nerd pride"? If being a part of FIRST means that you have to be a nerd and proud of it, clearly I'm in the wrong program and need to find somewhere else to go.

Yup. I'm a geek and sufficiently self-confident that I don't care whether or not other people care, but there are plenty of FIRSTers who are passionate about science and technology but aren't into the whole "geek pride" thing.