What will FRC 2016 Stronghold be remembered by?

[mrnoble]

Originally Posted by Wayne TenBrink

Our choice of words is important.

I agree. It's fair to note that the culture is changing, regardless of what happens in FIRST. Language use certainly is a very large part of that change. Websites like IFLScience are obvious hints that what was once barroom language is now out in the open. So what do we do? I guess it's up to each individual, but I know that relationships and mutual respect are key parts of working with students as far as I am concerned, and words are just tools for communicating. If it takes accepting the S and F word as part of respectful and relational dialogue with my kids, then I will gladly go there. Unless you are personally offended by words like bloody, sard, and odds bodkins, then you are also a product of the same evolution of language that is affecting our young people.