Did FIRST underestimate us?

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Did I succeed in capping a vision tetra? No. Did FIRST inspire me, and lead me to ponder programming tasks that I'd never even dreamed of? Absolutely, and I'm thrilled about it. It's fantastic that a very small group of teams have mastered the technology, but I wouldn't say that the teams that at least made an attempt (probably a sizable number... anybody remember the thread complaining about how easy programming was going to be this year?) have failed.

This is exactly the attitude I hope for in my students and what FIRST strives to promote. Bravo. (And CMU should be happy to be getting you next year.)