Felix,
First off, don’t claim to be a mentor when you are actually a high school student.
2nd, you speak about FIRST ideals like you know what they mean, but by writing this post you obviously have no concept of Gracious Professionalism, which is a key ingredient in winning awards such as the Rookie All-Star and the Chairman’s Award.
Team restructuring happens ALL the time in the states. A rookie team is a team that has never played under the registered number before that year. In the states, rookie teams are mentored by senior teams and senior mentors with YEARS of experience with FIRST. According to your account of the restructuring in Emek Hefer, this would make a large number of rookie registered teams in the states invalid.
Third, when you write a post based on “facts” please check your facts, and not contradict yourself. Since you haven’t had much experience in discussing in a public forum, let me explain. You say FIRST Israel “Registered them as a rookie team.” You then say a couple paragraphs later " All this time FIRST Israel officials claim that Emek Hefer will not be eligible for the rookie awards on the grounds that they are not a rookie team."
Fourth. Just because a team declines your “mentorship” as a highschooler, doesn’t automatically mean they aren’t a rookie team. Pop your ego bubble and pull your head out of your xxx.
Fifth. Adam Hillel’s interview, or any public forum, has no bearing on what the judges decide at a regional.
Sixth. “The team from Kiryat Yam builds the best robot among the new teams.” This is your opinion. If your team WAS the best robot among the new teams, why did it rank 31st at the regional behind Emek Hefer, who placed 6th.
Seventh. “The regional arrives. Kiryat Yam and Emek Hefer set up their pits.
The robots compete. The robot of Emek Hefer performs way way better.
Kiryat Yam robot performs well among the other rookie teams, 2 from Jerusalem and other total of 2 from Om Elfahem and Osfia.
Kiryat Yam looks for judges to make the presentation of its hard work.
The judges come only at times when the robot is on the field.To show it when it is in the pit, you need to call judges to come.
They all nod with the head.Most of them don’t write anything.
Fewer judges check the robot of Emek Hefer.” Were you stalking the judges? How do you know where the judges were and when? Weren’t you working on your robot and trying to spread the mission and spirit of FIRST to try and when the Rookie All-Star?
Eighth. “The judges and those who gave the award have never read anything in the manual. In fact, they were from Hightech companies.They looked for efficiency rather than something human.” The judges have access to the published manual on USFIRST. Besides, the manual is about building the robot and logistics and judging awards. You say the judges are superficial since they are from high tech companies. The large majority of FIRST volunteers and staff ARE from high tech companies. Are you saying FIRST as a whole is superficial, and don’t care about the human factor? The vision of FIRST, on the FIRST website, said by Dean Kamen, who owns a high tech company, is as follows “To transform our culture by creating a world where science and technology are celebrated and where young people dream of becoming science and technology heroes.” The Robotics Competition is not what FIRST is about. It is a vehicle to accomplish a mission. YOU and your peers are what FIRST is about. To try and instill a sense of Gracious Professionalism, “a way of doing things that encourages high-quality work, emphasizes the value of others, and respects individuals and the community.” This post, by the way, shows no respect for individuals in your community. The reason judges are from high tech companies is to get them excited about FIRST, and so they are IMPARTIAL. In addition, judges advised by a member of the FIRST community who has YEARS of experience. These particular set of judges were advised by someone not from Israel, but from the United States, so that in the case that someone like you disagreed with the results, there would be no room to make a sustainable argument that the judging was not impartial. In fact, the Head Referee AND the Scorekeeper were also flown in for the exact same reason. Emek Hefer did not won before it all started, they won when it was over, at the awards ceremony:
“The awards ceremony…
Rookie All Star - Emek Hefer
Rookie Inspiration- Kiryat Yam
Entrepreneurship - Kiryat Yam”
Grow up, especially before you consider yourself a “mentor”. Check your facts before you decide to publicly and maliciously discredit an individual or an organization. Especially publicly, because the same people your are discrediting now are going to be the people who will be interviewing you for a job in 8 years. People don’t forget when they are public humiliated. In addition, these posts are archived and publicly available for YEARS. In fact, they are archived from the inception of the site. For your sake, I hope you realize you have no idea what happens at a regional, who’s opinions go into choosing awards at a regional, and particularly, what FIRST is all about. I hope that the people in the FIRST Israel community can see past your shallow remarks and try and help you understand the goals and spirit of FIRST.
