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Ken and Dave, very well said!

I would just like to say a couple of things:
1)Isnt the point of FIRST to inspire and encourage students to look into and explore engineering?
Without exposing students to engineering what is to encourage them to go into it. However it is done is inmaterial behind the point that if students are at least exposed to the field and what it entails they are much more likely to go into it.
My old teams first year we got off to a late start, and only those students who REALLY thought it would be fun joined me. The engineers and the students worked side by side in order to finish on time. One of those students had been the biggest slacker in the school. He saw no point to his classes and even though he was very bright, he didnt see why he should pay attention and study. After FIRST, not only did he finally see a point to his classes but he finally figured out what he really wanted to do with his life. He is in college now studying Mechanical Engineering.
2) Just something to think about. if you make an argument and dont show respect a) for yourself and b) for the other side of the argument, how do you ever expect to convince somebody that your side of the argument is right. You could have the best point in the world, but if you deliver it in such at way that people are offended or are put off by your words, then that point is lost, because nobody listens. My feeling about gracious professionalism is akin to sportsmanship and a few other things. If you start practicing gracious professionalism early, then you become more effective when you start in the workplace. You are more likely to be able to affect change. We all have times when we have somebody disagree with our beliefs. Its how we react which determines if we can affect change on that person. Sometimes we can help somebody who believes the other side to get a new perspective on the issue and vice versa. And from that both people grow.
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