FIRST=Happiness??

[Ashley Christine]

Alrite,
To all you new FIRSTers and ones coming back from the summer/fall hibernation...
What do YOU think about FIRST?

[vivek16]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

Like naything in life there is good and bad and everyone has gone through it all in FIRST. They've been documented to death on these pages but in the overall blance of things I wouldn't trade my FIRST experiences for the world.

amen

ive probably learned more in the past three months than i have learned in the three years before that

[Koko Ed]

Happiness is a warm servo (Wrrrr Wrrr Zoop Zoop)!

[dlavery]

Happiness is the revival of a two-year old thread that should never have gone away.

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by dlavery

Happiness is the revival of a two-year old thread that should never have gone away.

If it should have never gone away, it should've had more responses.

[Kyle]

Happiness is Never having to leave FIRST, and always knowing that I am welcomed here no matter where life will take me.

[Hiteak]

After being in FIRST for at least 2 full years, I have to say that FIRST has brought me alot of happiness. Even though all the stress and worries about the team (especially after this year for me) I love FIRST. It seems not a day goes by where I don't do a single thing somehow relating to FIRST. Just the fact that I feel like I'm making a difference somewhere though FIRST brings happiness to me.

[Nica F.]

FIRST has brought me to realize that the harder you fall the higher you bounce.

Being a part of FIRST robotics, has gotten me into situations that have challenged me both mentally and physically. It has helped me realize how I am as a person as well as how I deal with certain issues.

I have grown from my years in FIRST and am extremely grateful for the friends, the experiences, the lessons, and the mindset that I have been given through this program.


happiness
noun
1. state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy




yes. FIRST = happiness

[Schnabel]

For me FIRST=Life!

[whytheheckme]

I don't think I would be happy if I didn't have FIRST.. So I guess that Life+nothing=boring, and Life+FIRST = Happiness, so subtract!

Life+FIRST=Happiness
-
Life+nothing=boring (0)
=
FIRST=Happiness

So I would have to say Yes!

EDIT: I guess using this logic, I have no life.... And I can't find many people that would argue with that, so I guess the equation works!

Jacob

[JoeXIII'007]

This season, I looked at the sponsor wall at the Great Lakes Regional and for the first time ever in my four years in FIRST I saw numerous job opportunities for me after I get an associates or bachelor's degree. It just sort of lit up and struck me in a good way.

Every season, when I see competition and the spirit aroused from it all, I see a microcosm of the world economy, and its amazing. The creativity being the fruit of it all, makes it so much better. The ideas, the concepts, the ambition captured in a figurative battery.

Overall, I believe FIRST is the merger of life and work into the prettiest of all couples, making a thrilling and energizing experience, and thus I have to say, FIRST IS HAPPINESS indeed.

I personally believe have become a much better man thanks to the experiences here... and other places related to it, that is just how I feel. I cant seem to shake that thought loose.

And I have to agree with dave on this one, excellent thread to revive, even after 2 years.

[Zyik]

Wow, its a resurrected thread! Although true, it should have never died.

FIRST = meeting new people who share your same interests
FIRST = seeing things you never would have thought up on your own
FIRST = Staying awake for 4 days of competition while pranking team members and running down stairs at full tilt to tell your team that you fixed the robot, then sleeping for 12 hours afterwards
FIRST = knowing things you never would have come into contact with
FIRST = seeing new sights
FIRST = Happiness

[vivek16]

Originally Posted by Hiteak

After being in FIRST for at least 2 full years, I have to say that FIRST has brought me alot of happiness. Even though all the stress and worries about the team (especially after this year for me) I love FIRST. It seems not a day goes by where I don't do a single thing somehow relating to FIRST. Just the fact that I feel like I'm making a difference somewhere though FIRST brings happiness to me.

heck, the stress and worries are what make me love FIRST (among many, many other things of course.)

-vivek

[3dude_2231]

nope, I don't really feel anything else when I'm high on FIRST