After Coming Back From The LA Regional: My Thoughts On FIRST

[davidthefat]

First of all, this is my very first year of doing any robotics clubs or anything. I noticed that FIRST is actually pretty lame overall. Its not very professional as they make it sound ("Gracious Professionalism") Sure I do see some graciousness, but I do not see the professionalism. Teams are willing to help and give stuff out, but in the end, their sole purpose is selfishness. All they want is points and reputation. It was more like a fashion show than an actual robot competition. All the teams were trying to advertise their team by wearing stupid costumes and decorating their pits. My school is not very rich, I know that the "richer" schools got a lot more funding than us, but I am not complaining about that. I seen some AMAZING robots this regional, unfortunately its the only regional we can attend, since we lack the funding. Well since our school is not very rich, our sports department lacks fancy uniforms and equipments. Since I am in Football and Track, I seen professionalism. We show professionalism by not talking with our mouths but the scoreboard. IDK, I think FIRST competition system is not the best system... In before flames. I am sure there are people out there with similar ideas...