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at what point does gracious professionalism turn into cut throat competition? |
aepstein |
Morgan Gillespie |
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It would be a lot easier if students would quit being so magnificent. Really. |
JaneYoung |
dlavery |
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If you are content with where you are, you have celebrated the right things. If not, perhaps it is time to reconsider... what’s most important to you. |
StephLee |
kramarczyk |
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Sometimes our greatest failures lay the foundations for our greatest success. |
=Martin=Taylor= |
Billfred |
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Our team's worst moment was the 13 years of FIRST's existence in which it did not exist. |
Joe G. |
Blue_Mist |
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...if the penalties were not significant and match-deciding then there would not be much incentive to pay attention to them, would there? |
dtengineering |
Alan Anderson |
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Maybe FIRST will just take 148's Tumbleweed and use it as the game piece for next year. |
AndyB |
Arefin Bari |
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If I run into some of your team's student coaches/drivers on the field of battle someday, I still might ask 'em what they're doing after high school. :) |
Ken Patton |
Lil' Lavery |
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This is one area where you want an old hand in the room to show you how to work on this thing. .... If you survive it, electricity hurts really bad. |
ebarker |
Billfred |
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P.S. While I doubt Karthik's "Delgado" jersey would go for $500,000... it would be much cooler to see Carlos Degado wearing a "Kanagasabapathy" jersey. THAT I might pay for! |
dtengineering |
Libby K |
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FIRST may very well be the healthiest drug on the market. |
Herodotus |
ChristinaR |
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FIRST may very well be the healthiest drug on the market. |
Herodotus |
Dhananjay T. |
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The bulk of the hardest fun you'll ever have is opening up that box in early january, and the six week of chaos that that box of parts puts you through. |
Joe G. |
Blue_Mist |
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Actually, please don't put any limits on your ideas or creativity at this point. Brainstorm, innovate, and contemplate whatever ideas you might like to consider. |
dlavery |
nathanww |
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its like the championship being ice cream, its pretty awesome
IRI is like adding toppings, making it even more awesome |
Aren_Hill |
SSMike |
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Power tools don't hurt people. Poorly instructed people hurt themselves, using power tools. |
sanddrag |
Arefin Bari |
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I think with 1114 & 217 as our partners we could have won with my refrigerator on the field. |
JVN |
Billfred |
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but you can rest assured: I have restored the balance by letting the GDC know that I know that they know that you know they have a pattern.
-Leav |
Leav |
wendymom |
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I always say find what works best for your team, for your given situation. Why should we rely on someone else to tell me what will work best for our situation? |
JVN |
Billfred |
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Adult coaches are the "rock stars" of our program, and I know on Simbotics the kids really do look up to and aspire to be a great as these coaches. |
Karthik |
joshsmithers |
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Our rookie drivers generally get their first "real match" experience at the Florida Regional which is usually a week 2 or week 3 event. That is a much easier "practice event" than IRI. |
Kit Gerhart |
Billfred |
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Unfortunately our team missed out on a great opportunity to "learn from the pros" because we did student-centric things like insisting on having a student field coach. |
Tom Bottiglieri |
Jeff Rodriguez |
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Although I'm 2-0 against 217 when Paul coaches, I'm 0-2 against them when he doesn't....hmmm.... :rolleyes: |
Lil' Lavery |
dlavery |
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There is no right or wrong way to do this. |
nuggetsyl |
dlavery |
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I am really glad that FIRST gives teams the choice to use either students or adults in this role. |
dtengineering |
dlavery |
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When I'm asked the question, "What is the most important computer language to learn to prepare me for a programming career?"; my answer is, "Your second one." |
Greg McKaskle |
Alan Anderson |
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Tell someone familiar with FIRST that you won a regional and they will congratulate you, tell them you won a chairmans award and they will celebrate you. |
Brandon Holley |
dlavery |
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I suppose this would be a bad time to reveal that Q and LookingForward are the same robot person hybrid thing... |
EricVanWyk |
Qbranch |
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A solution will present itself, all you have to do is be ready to take advantage of it when it does. |
James1902 |
JaneYoung |
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We fail to present a coherent picture of what we are if we aren't vigilant about our self-image. |
Alan Anderson |
Joe Matt |
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My lasting impression of 217 (for years now) has been based on how their robot looks, dynamically. It is poultry in motion. :) |
Richard Wallace |
Taylor |
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(If Dean still says 'Nationals', how can you ridicule a rookie team for it? Come on.) |
Amanda Morrison |
Sean Schuff |
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Different strokes for different folks. |
Madison |
Blue_Mist |
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Never underestimate the ability of a team of high school students and engineers to break expensive things. |
Alan Anderson |
Billfred |
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I was cheering like mad during the last match on Einstein - I think the rest of my team thought I was crazy...or crazier than they thought I was before! |
Sean Schuff |
Billfred |
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I have to wrap my brain about a robotics team named Dudettes. I can get there but ... I need coffee. |
JaneYoung |
Billfred |
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I know I will never be part of an alliance this incredible, ever again (my apologies to all future partners, but you've got BIG shoes to fill.) |
JVN |
Billfred |
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When we stop asking ourselves the hard questions, whether as team leaders or in life, then we are failing. |
Al Skierkiewicz |
DonRotolo |
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I even have a t-shirt that says "Actually, I -am- a rocket scientist" :) |
dlavery |
Billfred |
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In my line of work, we affectionately refer to this approach as "Seagull Engineering". Why? Because we swoop in, flap around making a lot of noise and commotion, leave a big mess of "stuff" behind and then fly off. |
billbo911 |
AustinSchuh |
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On a team, saying "it's not my job" is simply not acceptable. |
dlavery |
Pavan Dave |
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I am just very happy that I have never been responsible for the spelling of Karthik's last name on a name tag. Seriously. |
JaneYoung |
Billfred |
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Wins = Attention
Attention = Sponsors
Sponsors = Money
Money= being able to do more.
a vicious cycle...but it is what it is |
Protronie |
Morgan Gillespie |
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I've got much more out of FIRST ever since I stopped and realized I can gain so much more from trying to improve my current team's situation rather than complain about teams who have more. |
AdamHeard |
Bongle |
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We need to all remember we are no better than our fellow man, no matter what job we all hold, what socio-economic status that's involved, or anything. Plain and simple, we're all fellow travelers on this pale blue dot called Earth. |
trobots.com |
Cory |
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I firmly believe that it's within your power to aspire instead of lament. |
Alan Anderson |
Billfred |
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FIRST isn't for wimps. It never has been. |
JaneYoung |
Jack Murphy |
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When the going gets tough, the smart keep their GP. |
Libby K |
Mike M. |
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Our behavior – both good and bad – is contagious. Set a good example, behave in a mature, reasoned, professional manner and we will find that others around us will too. |
dlavery |
Steve W |
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FIRST is the only high-school sport where everyone can become a pro |
David Brinza |
Jeff Waegelin |
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