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Re: We Stopped Dreaming....
This video, although it's just 5 minutes long, really is thought changing. I think that it is translatable to FIRST robotics as well. As it's the middle of competition season, and teams are sizing up their robots against both regular teams and superpowers, I think some of us lose sight of the overarching goal - inspiration. Teams, mine included, sometimes stop dreaming about Einstein once we see that there are other more heavily funded teams out there. We stopped dreaming once our robot finished 60th out of 64 teams at Greater Kansas City. But some of us dreamed on; we spent our entire spring break and then some redesigning the shooter so that we could even stand a chance at Oklahoma.
Just take a chance. Dream and live. It's not a wild decision, but just ask yourself - if I got my team just a little bit more spending money, where would my team be then? Then, change that dream into a reality. Help your team sustain itself to inspire more kids.
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- Theory is when you know everything but nothing works. Practice is when everything works but you don't know why. On our team, theory and practice comes together - nothing works and nobody knows why.
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Our robot weighed 168lbs..... bring it on Trimspa!!! - slickguy2007 [more] 
25-03-2012, 15:09
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