Prepping for 2008: Awards, Bandsaws, and Perspective

[Rich Kressly]

Originally Posted by sanddrag

Rich, I understand the point you are trying to get across and how chopping your trophies in half would do it, but in a way it might send the wrong message. I think a winning team more often than not is winning in more ways than their robot's performance. While some teams have have trophies handed to them for no reason at all, I think the act of chopping them in half is somewhat insulting to the teams who work hard for years to get them.

In my eyes a shelf full of trophies does more to inspire new students than a trash can full of trophy parts.

Exactly correct and it's why I didn't fire up the bandsaw. It's all about remembering what the trophies are really all about, which can be difficult at times.