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okies with me
Posted by Lora Knepper at 1/3/2001 6:12 PM EST
Other on team #419, Rambots, from UMass Boston / Boston College High School and Seeking Sponsorship. In Reply to: Would you mind..... Posted by Jessica Boucher on 1/2/2001 6:30 PM EST: Sure Jess...though I get the feeling I'll be helping ya to put everything together anyway ;o) |
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Yep (EOM)
Posted by Andy Baker at 1/4/2001 1:22 AM EST
Engineer on team #45, TechnoKats, from Kokomo High School and Delphi Automotive Systems. In Reply to: Would you mind..... Posted by Jessica Boucher on 1/2/2001 6:30 PM EST: Ok w/ me. |
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Re: why why why...?
Posted by Patrick Dingle at 1/2/2001 9:55 PM EST
Other on team #639, Red B^2, from Ithaca High School and Cornell University. In Reply to: why why why...? Posted by Ken Leung on 12/30/2000 10:05 PM EST: : Why did everyone get involved in this competition? Was it because of friends, teachers, demonstrations, magazines, internet, dreams, goals...etc? As a Junior in my tiny little high school (T190 Mass. Academy of Math & Sci, less than 80 total students), our class was shown one of the complete ESPN broadcasts of the nationals at Epcot. Anyways, this video was my first exposure to FIRST and captured my interest, along with most of the rest of our school. As a junior, I was signed up on the team, but I really wasn't interested enough to be actively involved. Then I went to the '99 Philadelphia Regional. From that point on, I was hooked. The following weekend, I went to the New England competition, and saw my team get 2nd place! I was simply amazed by all the excitement, intensity, strategy, and engineering enguity at these competitions. Although I hadn't signed up to go to nationals, I immediately became an active member of the team. During my senior year, I worked many many hours on the team and went to all our competitions as a pit crew member. After my senior year, I had an dilemma. I found a college with everything I was looking for -- but no FIRST team. Well, my firstaholicness and Dean's homework assignment inspired me to do everything I could to start a FIRST team at my college. With the help of Buzz U., other previous FIRST members, some faculty and administrators, the local high school, my former team, and some luck, I am still actively involved with FIRST, and hopefully for at least three more seasons. Although I have only been involved with FIRST for two years, FIRST undoubtedly influenced me greatly. I was already pretty sure I wanted to be an engineer, but I now have absolutely no doubt that engineering is what I want to do. Helping to start a team is also great, because many more students will be able to have the same opportunity that I had. |
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Why Do I do this??
Posted by Joshua Berthiaume at 1/3/2001 6:11 PM EST
Student on team #146, Power Knights, from Manchester West High School and FCI. In Reply to: why why why...? Posted by Ken Leung on 12/30/2000 10:05 PM EST: Some people do this because they like to work with drill motors, window motors and seat positioning motors. Some do it for the thrill of operating a robot up on stage. Some do it because they like the scouting aspects of the competition. Finding out why your machines program wont make the speed controller do one thing or another. Some people do it just because they need to find an extra 'to do' after school because there parents told them to. I do it because I love it. I love meeting new people at the competitions. I do it because I like the new and exciting challenges every year at nationals when I find out what the F.I.R.S.T. People (as in the engineers) have cooked up for me all summer long. Every year that comes by. Bringing a new challenge and another chance to show myself that if I put my mind to something and want it enough I will have it. When I'm stuck in the shop till 11:00pm every night because I can't stop working because I know that every second that I work on my robot it will be that much better, and reaching my deadline/goal. My goal is to give myself the proper tools to work on a team and achieve something... It's getting assigned those crappy boring jobs of watching matches all day in front of the Einstein field at nationals. Or being the freshman that has to run to the snack bar for the upper-classmen. These are the things that drives me to be a first-a-holic, these are the things I get out of F.I.R.S.T. When I am sitting in the stands watching the machine that 'I' built that is the best part. As a new season approaces I wish all teams out there good luck with there building seasons and I hope to see you at competitions! =) ~Josh Berthiaume Team 501 |
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Here's mine
Posted by Andy Baker at 1/3/2001 11:59 PM EST
Engineer on team #45, TechnoKats, from Kokomo High School and Delphi Automotive Systems. In Reply to: why why why...? Posted by Ken Leung on 12/30/2000 10:05 PM EST: I graduated from U of Evansville in December of '91, and started working at Delco Electronics in January of '92. The first day I walked into my cubicle, I had to step over a tote full of parts and a bucket of corn... my cube-mate (who, by the way, is my current boss!) was making some 'toy' to that was supposed to compete against other 'toys'. Over the years, I watched as many engineers, skilled tradesmen, students, and teachers made robots for this silly competition called US FIRST. I didn't want to get involved, because I was more interested in going to concerts, playing sports, and spending my new-found wealth of a single engineer. I finally got involved in '98, and my main reason was not to inspire students... it was to compete. I was done with sports and wanted to compete with my head against the other engineers in the US. Within a few months my attitude changed... I was humbled by the eagerness and intelligence of our students. There was one time during that first year that a freshman on our team had to show me how to set up a particular operation on the lathe. That moment sticks in my mind and I remember that I can learn from these students. Now, my focus is to inspire and push the students... I always try to get our students more chances to have authority on our team. Seeing our students go to MIT, get Kettering Scholarships, and get hired on my major corporations gives me more satisfaction that winning any matches or competitions. As for the competitions, I do still enjoy competing... but I've learned that FIRST is much more than winning a two minute match. It's about people sharing a love of learning... It's about giving kids a chance to prove themselves on a playing field that doesn't require then to run a sub-5:00 mile or bench press 300 pounds. I'm still kinda skirting Ken's question of Why, why, why. I suppose that DrJoe summed it up the best... I just love it. I love working with our team and making a robot work. I love the way our team comes together and depends on each other by the end of a competition. I love meeting and talking to fellow FIRSTers around the country. There, enough for now. Andy B. |
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