Personal Narrative: The Shazbots Team

“It has truly been a great season. I’ve had the pleasure of being your 2016 Project Manager. All of you have given me a greater insight on the crucial elements of every team and the necessity of communication and coordination between them. I hope that in turn, everyone had an amazing experience and realized that the Shazbots is not only a robotics team. It is also a place where we have fun, inspire others, and challenge ourselves.” As the final meeting comes to an end, I stack chairs with them for the last time, say my goodbyes before summer break and promise to visit whenever I can. I’m leaving the building in which 11 FLL qualifying tournaments have been hosted, tournaments that our team setup and operated. Students were responsible for …show more content…
We watched the crane load it onto the truck and leave on its journey to help hundreds of people everyday, seven days a week in an impoverished area of Mexico. For some reason, the drive home feels longer today. It brings back memories of the long drive to the University of Denver, where we promoted FIRST and its message to educators all around Colorado at the STEMosphere. It brings back memories of the drive to the American Astronautical Society Guidance and Control Conference in Breckenridge where we had the opportunity to speak with professionals in the field of STEM and spread FIRST’s mission. All happy times, no matter how many nerves I had to calm at the last second before we began a …show more content…
Among the open pages is my school email where my inbox is flooded with the weekly updates that are sent out to the team, as well as sponsor and mentor correspondences. Throughout the season, I have tried to keep close contact with the team, sponsors, mentors, and anyone who has contributed to robotics because without all the support, the team could not run as smoothly as it does. There are even emails about scrimmage we attended with other teams such as the Rapticon 3200