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JVN, Captain Mechanical Engineer, Mr. "Software is evil", has supported the CMU camera. I'm speechless. What's next? Copioli designing in imperial? |
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Shu Song |
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I've learned never to say never when it comes to FIRST teams. |
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Ian Curtis |
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You can make unfounded guesses, but chances are you'll come off looking like a moron. Let's try and avoid that. |
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RogerR |
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Since our team is in possession of the school, we have no restrictions on how late we can be there. So our teams are often practicing into the wee hours of the morning. Also, the school board uses "the breeze" for storage of high jump mats, so it's a great place to nap. :) |
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Ian Curtis |
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So I usually end up looking pensive or confused. :) |
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Andy Baker |
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You can't please all the people all the time. The rationale of "lots of people don't like it" is not a reason to stop doing it. |
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Beth Sweet |
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... my most important lessons in life all came from one place, Sesame Street. |
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Richard Wallace |
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If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say it all. I mean, I know we all get frustrated during build season, but we still need to make an effort to be polite and helpful. |
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RogerR |
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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. |
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joshsmithers |
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You can lay out all the disclaimers that you want, but the bottom line is you are representing your team. |
Karthik |
Michelle Celio |
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"There are two ways to compete in this world, you can drag your competitors down, or you can rise above them. Which is better for the world in the long run?" |
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blaxbb |
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My rule of thumb is that any team who's won four World Championships can count their chickens whenever they want. :p |
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Beth Sweet |
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There are two types of competitors in this world, those who aim to rise above their opponents and those who seek to drag them down. Which group do you want to belong to? Which group is more beneficial to our society? Think about it. |
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Vikesrock |
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Life can be painfully short and you never know how things could change in an instant. It never hurts to say thank you. |
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Akash Rastogi |
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The only teams who have no chance of winning are those who believe they can't win. To quote the greatest athlete of our generation: "Limits like fears are often just an illusion." -- Michael Jordan |
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bam-bam |
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There's a fine line between cockiness and confidence. Confidence is one of the major keys to success and happiness in life. As long as one can carefully stay on the right side of the line, staying connfident while remaining humble, and ego can be quite beneficial. |
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DonRotolo |
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Anyways, before we all get worked up over this setup, let's wait and see what details emerge. It can't be as bad as everyone is making it seem. |
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Billfred |
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Having someone with as much mainstream appeal as will.i.am is a great strategy to draw large amounts of attention to a program that has been relatively hidden to the masses. |
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Libby K |
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It's not about which is better, it's about which is better for your team. |
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Chris is me |
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the usual Canadian thing |
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Hall of Fame FIRST Team 254 has arguably helped more teams become good than any other team in FIRST. I don't think they need a lecture on helping their opponents. |
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Akash Rastogi |
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We’ve been chasing perfection since 2003 in the hopes of catching excellence. |
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JaneYoung |
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Sure, it's just a robotics competition, but some of us actually care about the robots... |
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Gregor |
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"I'm not teaching you math, I'm teaching you how to think. Hopefully that'll be useful to you someday..." |
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Kpchem |
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Jon is very right, going forward I have a hard time envisioning any future Championship Chairman's award winners without a significant social media presence. It's just too big of an avenue to be ignored. |
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Billfred |
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Life is too short to spend 40 hours a week doing something you are not enthusiastic about. |
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KrazyCarl92 |
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Finally, they're getting rid of the spotlights. I'm sick of seeing ridiculous inside jokes up there. |
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cgmv123 |
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Once we know how magic works it's no longer magic; it becomes science. |
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PayneTrain |
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I do know a lot of teams need to be saved from themselves. |
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Whippet |
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This reminds me a lot of how millennials are regularly called out for simply being younger and having different perspectives. In the end it's the ones who are calling them out in unprofessional in ways that end up embarrassing themselves and looking uninformed. |
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dag0620 |
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I think this thread just won "ChiefDelphi is terrible Bingo". |
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frcguy |
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They can build a robot in 6 hours, so they don't need to start meeting for months... |
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Billfred |
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Mentor: You must first learn patience...
Student (impatiently): How long is that going to take? |
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RogerR |
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Something is subtly different about the competition environment that makes everything worse. |
kaszeta |
Rick TYler |
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Bringing this back to the college advise topic: Don't get caught hacking into the school's computers. |
kaszeta |
Adam Richards |
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There's no finer engineering than pit engineering. |
kaszeta |
Dan Petrovic |
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Now, FIRST has taken over my life (and my harddrive)! |
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Ian Curtis |
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The amount of sense this rule makes is irrelevant. It is still the rule, and breaking this rule violates something that i'm sure all of you have heard of. Does gracious professionalism ring a bell?
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Karthik |
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There's lots of other "stuff" that make a team work well in the FIRST environment, beyond designing and building a robot. |
KathieK |
Billfred |
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Mentors can't get tired, it says so in the manual. SENIOR mentors, therefore, must have a different manual! |
KathieK |
Billfred |
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Maybe it's the guy who doesn't stop drawing in his notebook in class, or the girl who writes the best essays in English. What team can't use their skills? |
KathieK |
Arefin Bari |
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Watch out, guys, Lisa's coming.... worse than any hurricane or tornado you can imagine! |
KathieK |
Arefin Bari |
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NEMO is a virtual organization with a virtual headquarters and virtual bank account.
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KathieK |
Beth Sweet |
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Oh no, do I see a new reality TV show coming? "Dancing with the FIRST Stars"??? :ahh: |
KathieK |
Beth Sweet |
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These are the moments you will bring with you the rest of your life, enjoy them! |
KathieK |
Jon K. |
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For fun, someone ought to spread out a bunch of petri dishes or something all over a regional and see what you bring home with you. Or not. |
KathieK |
Ian Curtis |
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I learned that I don't have a clone, there are only 24 hours in a day, and I can't do everything I want to do (even though I tried) and I learned that I have to say "no" once in a while. |
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Alex Burman |
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In fact, one of our volunteers just found out about the entire FIRST program two weeks ago and had so much fun on Thursday that he came back on Friday to help us again! |
KathieK |
Elgin Clock |
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There can never be enough recognition of a job well done. We can never say enough Thank You's. We can never measure the impact that an inspirational teacher or mentor can make on a student because it's priceless. |
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Kristian Calhoun |
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OK, I may have heavily influenced their decision, but I would never kill a mentor for not choosing an event I was planning... maim maybe, but never kill! :D |
KathieK |
Billfred |
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