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Re: FIRST: the incredible community
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Originally Posted by M. Krass
The point, I suppose, is that it was remarkable to see how the non-FIRST folk treated their celebrities when given what amounts to a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to interact with them. They fell apart, nagged them while they were eating dinner and went home with an autograph. What good does that do? It was in sharp contrast to what we see at events where both students and mentors alike have pretty grounded conversations with some folks who can be described only has visionaries.
This really is something special we've got going on here.
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The only thing I would like to add to this lovely post is practical. Our role models are practical visionaries. That's the glue.
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05-10-2006, 14:59
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