Thoughts after my first "FIRST" season

[LightWaves1636]

Never forget that it takes time and dedication to become as good as a "powerhouse" team. Our team experienced a great amount of growth this year cause the team absolutely flopped last year but they were lucky enough to come a cross a mentor that helped pick them up by the hand and shown them that they can accomplish anything.

A lot of people get bogged down by the lower number teams but then you forget exactly how long have they've been around. You can't just win stuff like Chairman's or know exactly how to build the perfect robot overnight, you have to build towards it as a team and it becomes so much more satisfying when the team finally earns the award and you look back at the successes the teams' achieved to make it there. It takes years to build amazing teams.

I tell my students everyday to "strive for excellence" and as a team we keep marching on and the results show. We're not "powerhouse" level but we're planning to reach it someday and we fully understand that we have to work for it.

[Mr. Mike]

In First you are never alone.

If it were not for the help we received these last two seasons from other teams like team 48 and team 1038, we would still be putting together the first kitbot.

There will always be powerhouse teams in anything we do. That helps us set goals.

There will always be glitches and problem. That helps us with critical thinking and trouble shooting.

We had some connection problems. But we also found rebooting the driver’s station before each match helped.

IRI is a great event even if you only go to watch. You can talk to any of the teams in the pits.

There is another event in your backyard, CORI. It is a one day event and I think it only cost us $50.00 to attend last year.

Remember
In First you are never alone.