Your Last Year of FIRST!!!

[Uberbots]

FIRST is definitely the best part of high school... i have so many good memories and learning experiences from team 1124. however, the sad reality is that the real world is not like FIRST, and at some point you have to really break away to pursue other things in life.

For our high school years, the FIRST competition is definitely a great experience, but the problem is that it is a competition. The robots built on these teams only serve the purpose of competing with other robots (or picking up buckets in some cases), and dont really serve any direct practical purpose in the real world.

Beyond high school, i don't really plan to return to FIRST robotics to serve as a mentor or anything for at least 4 years. This is because i want to teach and inspire younger engineers, not relive my high school years. I realize that this is only a personal case, but its what im going to do.

I am going to miss, though, the ability to demonstrate the robot to the little kids in our town... i always liked the synchronized "whoaaaa!" whenever the robot started moving and doing its thing. THAT was really cool, probably a better experience than actually competing and winning with the robot.


...yeah this post probably sounds cynical and demeaning, but i don't intend for it to sound that way.
...and furthermore whatever i said probably isnt going to happen, knowing me (=.