Public apology from myself (Team 830)

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Originally Posted by 2000vfr800

I just want to apologize to my team and all the other teams for my actions on Thursday at the GLR.
I thought this was a common thing to bring them and use them during the practice rounds while the shipped robot was being brought up to working condition.
So, when our practice round came up Thursday morning and our shipped robot wasn't ready, I didn't think twice about telling our students to use the practice robot. This is my error and I sincerely apologize to everyone including my kids. As soon as we were confronted by the judges about our practice robot, we immediately removed it. It was outside the building within 2 minutes of asking.
The fact that our practice robot didn't even move several of the practice rounds and the fact that we didn't use any parts from our practice robot on our real robot doesn't correct my actions and repair any damage I have done to the reputation of Team 830 and my students.

Bravo! I remember hearing many years ago that what makes us humans unique is the ability to make amends - something like that. It's human to perceive things differently than each other, and human to sometimes make mistakes and thank goodness we have as humans the ability to communicate, work thru issues, and make amends. You've just modeled that kind of appropriate behavior. Thank you!