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FIRST is different... we commute, journey, and make pilgramage to attend our events. Something that is expensive and exclusive.
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Erin Rapacki |
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The fact of the matter comes down to this: No matter what you are interested in, you can always encourage others. |
Amanda Morrison |
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UFH has substance. It puts the I in FIRST. |
Andy Baker |
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Thank you to all of the mentors, You ARE changing the future. |
chellyzee93 |
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Robotics. Seems to be the answer to a lot of things I don't do. |
Keith Chester |
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Why is it OK to be "elitist" when we select people to be on a team to hit rocks with sticks, but not OK when we try to reach the special group of students that embody the intellectual capital that will define the future of this country? |
dlavery |
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Two students with no clue but enough dedication to work on something is always better than one expert who doesn't care enough not to leaveit until the last day. |
Matt Krass |
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I think that's what they think you will think, therefore you are thinking what they want you to think. |
Wetzel |
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I personally think any student should be allowed to participate, as long as he/she is helpful and active. FIRST, to me, is about inspiration, not elitism. |
Aignam |
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I'm here to unintentionally offer insightful quotes. |
Jeff Waegelin |
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But if FIRST followed a "truth in advertising" philosophy for the registration kits, they would contain six cannisters labeled: "Stress", "Anxiety", "Confusion", "Insomnia", "Dietary Inadequacy", "Unbalanced Priorities"
And a really big seventh one labeled "Fun" :) |
dlavery |
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FIRST teams are made of people - students and mentors. In my humble opinion, it doesn't make one iota of difference if the name of the sponsoring organization or the name of the school changes over time. |
dlavery |
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I love FIRST because it makes the dreams of tomorrow seem so much closer. |
WakeZero |
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I love first because of the late nights, the unparralleled stress, the excitement, the emotion. Because of the close defeats, the close victories. Because of the pride, the sense of accomplishment, the feeling of embettering the world. But most of all, because of you, the other teams. |
Keith Chester |
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I don't get what all you people have done wrong to make the drills have so many problems. |
Cory |
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Life is totally random and there's nothing you can do to change that. |
kristen |
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FIRST *is* about winning, and it has made many of us winners... I am glad to be a part of it. |
Andy Baker |
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Building a 'bot is kinda like washing your hair, but instead of "rinse, lather, repeat"... you should "engineer, test, repeat". |
Andy Baker |
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My point is that there seems to be a trend in FIRST in which people are saying "who cares about the robots, let's inspire the students." What I'm saying is, it's the robots that inspire the students. |
Chris Hibner |
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"at some point in the next six weeks you are going to start feeling like you are involved in a robot building contest. Then you are in serious trouble" -Dean Kamen |
KenWittlief |
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when you think you are here to compete against other teams, thats when bad things start happening... |
KenWittlief |
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The [FIRST Robotics] competition is a friendly / gentleman's sort of sport... It is only a forum to put our machines to the test, and see how well we did against what WE set out to do -- not to see which team can build the best robot. |
KenWittlief |
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If you have to build the best robot to be inspired then we end up with one winning inspired team, and 999 losers. That is not the spirit of FIRST. |
KenWittlief |
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Thank you FIRST -- thank you, thank you, thank you -- I can't say that enough. We can't say that enough.... Its too bad that more of us don't try. |
Aidan F. Browne |
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When's the last time you called up FIRST headquarters just to say thanks? Or saw a volunteer at a regional and said, 'Hey, you're doing a really great job here. Thank you for everything you're doing in your spare time.' |
Amanda Morrison |
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push for what you think is right... just do it in the right way |
Andy Baker |
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A better way would be better..... |
WizardOfAz |
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FIRST showed me how to succeed at one of the most difficult, yet important things: Life. |
Jim McGeehin |
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Warning: this reply is just an approximation of what I meant to convey - engineers cannot possibly use just written words to express what they are thinking.
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Raul |
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It does it automagically. |
David Kelly |
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Indianagineers! (n.: In-di-ae-nah-jih-nir: any resident of Gary, Indiana, or it's suburbs, who is trained in the use or design of machines or engines, or in other areas such as electrical or chemical technology) |
dlavery |
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FIRST is a worthwhile program to be involved in as an Adult mentor. But for me, it does bring its share of personal conflict. ..... Cuz' you know when Jan 4/5 comes round' I'll be itchin to go gang busters again. I'll never learn |
PMGRACER |
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FIRST is like we have traveled to the future, and we dont like what we saw when we got there. So we came back and now we are attempting to alter the future |
KenWittlief |
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Figure out where you have to start and what end result you want, from there, all you have to fill in is the middle. |
Beth Sweet |
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Steal from the best, and then invent the rest! |
dlavery |
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The only basis on which a team should be awarded the chairmans award is the content of the submission, not the way in which it is presented. |
KenWittlief |
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You can be extra safe or you can be competative - its your choice. |
Raul |
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Bottom line: if it confuses my mom, it is bad for FIRST. |
Joe Johnson |
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More teams will want to join, peers who are not on the team will understand the program better, television will become interested in FIRST again, sponsors will be easier to get, cancer will be cured, the Israelis and Palestineians will live in harmony, and we will have world peace. |
Andy Baker |
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I like anything that is designed to bounce for up to 10 minutes. Expecially if it lands right side up :) |
GregT |
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In my opinion, the hardest part of the competition is not that actual manufacture of the robot, but the design process. It is the enginners that go through the design process all the time that will have the edge in this competition, not the best machinist. |
Wetzel |
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Lawyers find loopholes. Engineers find solutions. For which would you rather be known? |
dlavery |
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when I was a ball setter at PARC one year (6th grade?). As soon as I saw what High school students could do with thier own two hands and how they mingled with industry, I knew, at that moment, it was for me. |
henryBsick |
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Don't over analyze every possibility. Studying a problem too much doesn't help any more than not studying it enough. |
dlavery |
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FIRST does not follow patterns. |
Mike Soukup |
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Unless your HS students have earned BSEE and BSME degreees already, how can they lead or run an engineering team? |
KenWittlief |
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The only thing a team needs to survive is people who want it to survive. |
Ryan Foley |
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On these forums, there are so many people that we see working all of the time to try to help teams out, and just overall good people. To everyone who does that, thanks. |
miketwalker |
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... as teammates we often get too into the craze of competition and forget that this wouldn't happen without so many dedicated people. |
miketwalker |
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I know the world needs more engineers, but FIRST isn't all about engineers and robots... that's why it's so great. |
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