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More inspired students, more community involvement, less drain on the mentors... Sounds pretty swell to me! |
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Kyle |
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For some strange reason, people always seem to spell my last name incorrectly. I'm not really sure why. |
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Billfred |
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math can actually be fun! |
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Billfred |
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I understand that I'm in the minority when it comes to these things, so when the coverage switches to one these stories I exercise my right to change the channel. |
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Ian Curtis |
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Humility tends to take people places, pompous boasts tend to get people left at home by themselves. |
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Bharat Nain |
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People should listen to this Andy Baker character, he seems like a smart guy...
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Beth Sweet |
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Dean's said it before, and it's been repeated many times, but it clearly hasn't sunk in yet, so I'll say really loudly. FIRST is not a science fair!
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Ian Curtis |
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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. |
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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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Find what your team is good at, and use it in any way you can. |
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Hallry |
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We can relate anything back to water, and by anything, I literally mean ANYTHING. Surfing around on Chief Delphi has proven that to me. |
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Hallry |
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I know our driver is going to nats over the prom. I mean come on, who wouldnt? :D |
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Billfred |
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If robotics is bad for you, well then I guess I'm gonna die. At least I'll die happy. |
karinka13 |
Billfred |
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FIRST definately holds the key to my heart...and everything that goes with it (except maybe the evil chop saw in the basement) |
karinka13 |
Daniel Brim |
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FIRST is nothing short of a community. |
karinka13 |
shyra1353 |
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my theory on the matter was always something along the lines of "Oh, we're all girls? What an odd thing for you to notice." |
karinka13 |
Andy Baker |
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What is this "non-robotics life" of which you speak? :ahh: |
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kramarczyk |
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...your mentors are your friends. If you're not sure of something, they probably know the answer to it, and if they don't, they will point you to someone who does. |
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kramarczyk |
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Maybe we can start a FIRST team on Mars. |
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Arefin Bari |
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Someone tried throwing out a perfectly good fleece blanket! It even had the quadratic formula on it! WHY ON EARTH WOULD YOU THROW AWAY THE QUADRATIC FORMULA?? |
Karibou |
kramarczyk |
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