Oppressed Nerd Mentality

[Corey Balint]

Not to be negative about your post(well the first part of it), but it is called FIRST Robotics Competition, not the FIRST Robotics Show...while all this is meant for us to learn about science and technology, it is also meant to be a game that you should be trying to win.
Personally, I love the whole learning aspect, but if it wasn't for the actual thrill of winning, I'm not sure how long i really would've been interested.
This is all one's own opinion though and is hard to discuss. Yeah there are many thigns more important then this competition, but we are kids and just having fun, and winning is, simply put, incredible.

[KenWittlief]

Two things I have learned over the years:

1. We are emotional beings. We often think we do things for logical reasons, but at the end of the day everything we do is caused by the emotions we have attached to those actions (both + and - emotions).

2. The single most important thing we do as humans is to connect. If there is no one anywhere (present or future) who will understand what you have done, who will see the value in the things you have put your time and energy into, then your life is pointless. This is why we sing and paint and write and engineer and create, to share our innermost reality with someone else, bravely hoping that someone else will understand. We need to connect with other people on so many different levels.

You cannot connect with someone if you think they are totally different from you. You cannot connect with someone if you think you are better than they are. The things that TVarmy seems to be worried about take care of themselves in the long run. If you only pursue material wealth and a feeling of superiority (power) then in the end your life will be empty, meaningless, and you will be very lonely and bitter.