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Re: Dean Kamen, Manual Laborers, and You

this popped as a spotlight and seemed ironically connected...

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Re: Dean Kamen, Manual Laborers, and You

I have sat back and read what everyone has to say on the subject and now it's my turn.
When I heard the words, I was on Einstein looking out at at all the students and mentors in the audience. The words stung for a moment as I realized I was not the only one that fit the description. I have known manual labor in my life and I know a lot of people today that want a job and can't get one.
Patrick, I would be happy to talk to your sponsors and try to convince them to stay with the program. We need them, desperately and I want a hard working sponsor behind me. PM me and we can set something up. Everyone of us are hard working volunteers who put in long hours at no pay to further a great cause. It doesn't get more manual than that.
Most of the engineers I know work hard at what they do and sometimes that means working with their hands for long hours and little pay.
I am a Broadcast Engineer for a TV station. Friday was a typical day for me, sitting at a computer running Autocad for system design. However, I had to break away and run outside and test the microwave truck, by climbing on the roof and opening the 2 GHz power amp to check for correct operation because that is also my responsibility. I am on 24 hour call and on occasion will work past 24 hours in a day. Yes I do manual labor, because it goes with the job. When I heard Dean's words, I immediately flew back to a conversation with my father. He told me he didn't much care what I wanted to do in life as long as I was good at it and enjoyed what I was doing. Well, I am good at it and I do enjoy it. I know a lot of electricians, assembly line workers, postal employees and camera operators that are exactly the same. Am I shocked at Dean's speech? Not anymore. I know that even Dean can make a mistake, flub his intended message, or get excited in front of 30,000 people. I know a lot of students that need to hear this message from their mentors. Even our greatest idols make mistakes. The good ones, move on and continue to do great things. Let's move on.
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Re: Dean Kamen, Manual Laborers, and You

I wish Dean Kamen would have read over his speech and thought about it a little more. It is his biggest speech of the year at FIRST. And lets be real, he isn't the worlds best orator. In 7 years, I have yet to stay awake for an entire speech (no offense Dean). I know a few mentors in my area that bet on how long his speech will last. I suppose it is a privilege to hear him speak but if you follow every word of another man, who do you become. It is our own responsibility to take what positive things we want from speeches to help us grow as people individually. What I am trying to say is that I don't think many of the kids took that idea away from the speech (if any were awake to begin with - jk).

One of the biggest helpers to my team in HS outside of the actual teachers was is a manual laborer and I am sure a lot of other teams have stories like this about mentors. Hell, I work as a janitor in a research facility every summer. I love it. And, I'm sure a lot of these other mentors, like mine, wanted to give Dean a piece of their mind.

Again, I just wish he read over his speech a little and would have chosen his words more carefully as to not upset manual laborers because they play a very very role in helping FIRST function, and a very very very large role why the World turns (believe it or not, its not the Segway that does this. or any other scientific reason). And also because in most people eyes', he represents to the rest of the world, the collection of people that make up FIRST
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