What I LOVE about FIRST !

FIRST General Forum
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Okay, time to share why we are really all here in the first place.

It’s so very easy to be critical, now let’s all remember the GOOD behind all this madness.

I love FIRST because I get to meet and work with GREAT students - and hopefully help motivate them to pursue a career in some field of science and technology.

I love FIRST because it allows me to meet GREAT people that share the vision and mission from other teams (mentors, teachers, engineers, parents, volunteers).

I love FIRST because I have learned to love living the process (unveiling to off season events) - somehow it just gets into your blood.

So - take a minute and think about why YOU love FIRST.

I bet we all have alot more in common than we think.

Sometimes, telling those you love is important - so they know it too.

Mike Aubry
Chief Delphi

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I love FIRST because it shows the best of the world… people working together to accomplish a goal

I love FIRST because of the Gracious Professionalism (GP)

I love FIRST because of the real world experience

I love FIRST because of the people you meet and the networks you become apart of.

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That there is a group of students from all over whofeel comfortable enough with each other to talk about organizing a prom as a side event.

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I love FIRST because it bridges the gender gap, and it’s a bridge that runs in both directions!

I love FIRST because it offers a chance at something better to students from all walks of life.

I love FIRST because I have seen it make a difference in a student’s life, a wonderful difference, and that’s what matters the most to me.

Heidi

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I love FIRST because it’s fun.

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I love FIRST because of the friends I’ve made and continue to make.

I love FIRST because I love technology.

I love FIRST because of that feeling you get on kick-off eve, like you’re 5 again and tomorrow morning is Christmas.

I love FIRST and it’s New England teams with their crazy defense.

I love FIRST…two words Hexagon Havoc.

I love FIRST and getting to see the amazing diversity in designs and solutions to the same problem year after year.

I love FIRST because I know what it was for me and continue to hope that every student out there gets that same experience.

I love FIRST for all the reasons I don’t love FIRST :wink:

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I love FIRST because of the opportunities that abound

  • growth
  • development
  • understanding
    I love FIRST because people come together finding ways to work through differences of opinions and approach to solve a shared challenge/problem.
    I love FIRST because I watch students grow into young adults, often carrying the torch of culture change - lighting the way for those that come behind them.
    I love FIRST because it gives everyone a chance to have the ‘hardest fun we’ll ever have’. :).
    I love FIRST.
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I love FIRST because it makes you dream up ideas that you never would have thought of before.

I love FIRST because it pushes you to your limits and shows you that they can be blown away.

I love FIRST because it can be applied to anything!

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I love FIRST because it’s really competetive.

I love FIRST because offers an oppurtunity to work with engineers.

And most of all, i love FIRST because of it’s great mentors!:slight_smile:

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I Love FIRST for all the new people ive met.

I Love FIRST because its a place where people accept others and are nice to everyone.

I Love FIRST because everyone has a shot at being a winner.

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Wow, this is a great thread for everyone one teams to express their love of FIRST. I’m a new student to the team…

I LOVE FIRST because of all the people I have met, even throughout just this first year.

I LOVE FIRST because I get to work with upper-class men and mentors who devote countless hours to help their students better understand technology and build a passion for engineering.

I LOVE Robotics :cool:

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I LOVE FIRST because where else can you get lizards and thunderchickens and robot dogs and devil duckies etc. to display all over your desk at work?
I LOVE FIRST because where else can a middle-aged man or woman get away with dyeing their hair in vivid colors and wear striped socks and matching shoelaces?
I LOVE FIRST because I’m able to make friends from all over the world - and we all have something in common!
I LOVE FIRST because it allows me to predict the future by watching tomorrow’s engineers at work today.
I LOVE FIRST because it enabled me, a humanities-type person, appreciate science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

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I love FIRST because I get to work with machinery :smiley:
I love FIRST for all the great people I’ve met through it.
I love FIRST for the hot, hot robots.
I love FIRST because walking into a competition on the first day and seeing all the robots getting unwrapped from their crates is like the best Christmas ever.
I love the smell of machine oil.
I love FIRST because it gives me inspiration and confidence.
I love FIRST.

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I love FIRST because it’s alright to admit that you don’t know something – and the feeling of assurance that someone is always willing to help you out. I love the mentoring aspect of FIRST. Learning from the best!

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I love FIRST because of the great people I have met and look forward to meeting.

I love FIRST because I love robots.

I love FIRST because every is a winner in one way or another.

I love FIRST because it allows everyone to be very creative.

I love FIRST because it made me become a better person in general (Gracious Professional is practiced all the time now)

I love FIRST because it made me more social with new people.

I love FIRST because I get to wear awesome safety goggles… whenever I feel like it :cool: [like there for instance]

And last but not least… I just love FIRST… period.

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I like FIRST because it has made me a better person.
I like FIRST because I have to use communication skills which will help me in the future.
I like FIRST for giving me the opportunity of working with engineers who inspire me and make me want to strive for my best.

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I love FIRST because of all the amazing new people I’ve met. <3

I love FIRST for the mentors.

I love FIRST because there’s always at least one person I know at an event I go to.

I love FIRST because of the weird connection I have with those people. [Somehow, through a simple AIM chat, I can become really close friends with so many people.] KFC TEAM ZERO!

I love FIRST not because of how well [or not] my team might do at a regional, but just because of the excitement of the event.

I love FIRST because of all the lives it’s made a difference in.

I love FIRST because of the difference it’s made in mine.

I just…love FIRST!

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I love FIRST because I love seeing all the creativity and design skill.

I love FIRST for all the people I meet.

I love FIRST because in Update 17 they have restored my confidence that they are listening. Maybe we don’t like all the answers they gave or the results of the answers, but at least they showed they are hearing the questions.

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I love FIRST because it’s given me a chance to be myself

I love FIRST because it’s given me SOO many new friends from SOO many new places

I love FIRST because I get to work with some of the best students, parents, teachers, and mentors there are… thanks guys

I love FIRST because of the deadlines, the competition, and the great role models I have in front of me to emulate

I love FIRST because I can walk away from every meeting so frustrated and be yelling at myself for becoming team president, but within an hour, I can’t help but wait for next week’s meeting

…and the list goes on and on…

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I LOVE FIRST because it gives me a chance to see the cool part of the world

I LOVE FIRST because finally nobody mocks my dancing

I LOVE FIRST because the jocks of FIRST have the largest IQs not the smallest like at my school

I LOVE FIRST because it gives me a chance to take an idea that is so crazy…it just might work!

I LOVE FIRST because … well because … ITS AWSOME

But really first is one of the greatest parts of my life from to people ive met to the places ive been to the things ive heard i still love comming back every single day.