How We Could've Changed the Culture But Didn't.

[Ken Leung]

Originally posted by soezgg639
I ususally hate to rain on parades - wait, nevermind, I kind of like it - but it seems like this topic is incredibly redundant.

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Anyway, yeah word up FIRST is the shiznit and whatever, changed my life, Ill be back next season to mix this boring old forum up.

STeeeeve

You are right, STeeeeve, we will never experience what FIRST does to every single individual first hand. But uneducated speculation? That’s a little over the line, don’t you think? I suppose since your human body limit you to experience everything first hand only in your body, you should never believe what anyone ever tell you. After all, they are just “uneducated speculations”, right?

Now, if you cannot believe anything non-first-hand, I guess you never listen to your parents, teachers, friends, neighbors, cousins, relatives, and robotics teammates. Cool.

Sure, it’s nice that you take such an interesting position in your life, and take your precious time off your tight schedule of intellectual exploration and truth finding. But why are you wasting your time posting to educate us when you can spend every second you used typing that message to go experience the world first hand?

So while I brainstorm a more valuable waste of time trying to reply to your message, I have a question of my own: Why would a person as intelligent as you could come in here and done nothing worthy of that description?

But I doubt you are around anymore to see what we have to say about your message, since you will “be back next season to mix this boring old forum up”. Such a brave thing to do: just come in here, post a message undermining everyone’s effort to share a part of themselves, and run away.

You see, STeeeeve, through out my years in FIRST, I’ve experienced many phases a FIRSTer would go through in first person. That include joining a high school team, graduating high school, going to college, doing FIRST during college, volunteering at events, teaching workshops, running off season competition, etc etc etc. Every year I see high school students graduating, inspired and motivated about going to college, wanting to do more with their lives then they’ve ever been. And that’s as close as you can be to experiencing FIRST first hand.

I can tell you the above messages are far from uneducated speculations. All of us have poured our heart and soul into this program, and everyone of us is worthy of writing a book worth of material about FIRST. But since you can NEVER experience what we’ve been through in first hand, I suppose you will never understand. But that doesn’t really matter, does it? I don’t know about others, but I do FIRST because I think it’s the right thing to do. I never do it to impress anyone, and I certainly don’t do it to impress you.

Everyone in here is trying to share what they think about something important to them, and trying to learn what others have to say about it. It’s a truly stimulating intellectual experience. But you have to come in here, interrupt the discussion with your observations, and make people waste time to respond to your unconstructive message…

I thought every human being is capable of showing a little respect to others... I guess I am wrong.

STeeeeve, I thank you for showing people what not to do, and hope your journey in life is as satisfying and stimulating as ours are.


I apologize for sinking to Steeeeve’s level when I write this. But I said what have to be said, in my opinion, just like John, Tom, Lora, Jeff, Paul, and Amanda.

I think it’s time we all step back a little bit, think about what’s being said, and try not to disrupt this discussion any further. This forum provides a friendlier, meaningful, and focused conduit for participants in FIRST to connect and communicate on the internet. This board is for discussion, fact finding, and encouragement for the FIRST community. Let’s keep it that way, and nothing more.