What I have Learned in FIRST

[RBrandy]

This is an off-shoot of the "Sad Day for Seniors" Thread. I ask the question to any member: What have you learned during your FIRST years?

I'll start.

I know I have learned a lot about engineering and mechanics than anything else(ie. putting a piece of aluminium on the two battery contacts is a bad thing, when a set screw is not tight, your robot tends to not go very far, and are milling somthing, forget to have the spindle going, move the table, a large piece of metal get ruined. However, I learned many more lessons about the more important, what-FIRST-wants-us-to-learn things. Like: You should always take advantage of the oportunities you have; It doesn't matter how you do at something, just try your hardest, enjoy being there, have fun. You most likley won't have another chance to do it again; Try something you have never done before, you may find a new hobby or something; stressing out about things only will make the situationg worse, so chill out. So many more. FIRST was deffinatly a GREAT time in my life.

I've made many new friends, and learned some cool stuff along the way.

GOOD LUCK NEXT YEAR, SENIORS