Remember Why You Participate in FIRST!

[indieFan]

With all of the scoring issues that have come up in the first week, I just want to remind everyone to remember why you participate in FIRST.

Is it a disappointment when something isn't scored correctly and causes a team not to advance? Absolutely.

Is it a tragedy when something isn't scored correctly and causes a team not to advance? Absolutely not.

If you find yourself extremely upset, frustrated, angry, or any other term of emotion, please stop and ask yourself why you participate in FIRST. Was it to win a competition? Was it to educate others? Was it to inspire the next generation? This will help put the issues in perspective.

Additionally, if you have an issue with how things are currently going with scoring and/or fouls, etc, rather than just posting the issue, please try to post a possible resolution to prevent it again.

As mentors and teachers, we have to remember that we are modeling behavior that we want the students to pick up on. Is posting multiple times about something not going our way modeling the behavior we want them to learn?

Just some food for thought,
indieFan