Tag: competition
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Robotic Responses
They’ve come from all over the world to compete in the F.I.R.S.T. Robotics Competition here in Orlando, a regional competition that could lead some of them to the world competition in Houston. Teams are made of high schoolers who must follow strict rules under time restraints to build an industrial-sized robot to compete in games…
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Never Such Devotion
One has played soccer for years and will play in college; the other has a more dramatic bent and has played soccer on and off for a few years. Friday night they came together, the experienced and the novice, and played on the same team. Working together for a common goal–pun very much intended. The…
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When Running Is More Than A Foot Race
When I was younger, I was among those who ran because it was good for me. I never really enjoyed it. There was no hitting the wall, pushing through and feeling euphoric. The wall was the front door. And euphoria came when I didn’t go through it. My daughter-in-law, Jillian, is cut from a different…
Tip of My Iceberg 