Memories
I've spent the last few days volunteering at Destination Imagination's Global Finals. There are ~1,275 teams here this week competing, and I volunteer on the Event's Team, which runs and coordinates many of the non-competitive activities that occur throughout the week.
I'm an alumnus of the program, having competed in Odyssey of the Mind since 4th grade. Including my years on University Level teams, I competed for a total of 13 years, and have volunteered for 15 years at various levels. (4 of those years of volunteering and competing overlap).
I had a bit of down time earlier today, so I was able to go and check out a few of the structure challenge presentations. I competed in structure for I think 7 of those years competing), and used to have one of the better known balsa wood structure websites (which I still keep meaning to bring back online, I just haven't taken the time to do so). In any case, I overheard some parents talking about structure and the builders on the teams, and how there's such a learning curve. Brought back many memories, especially as I started when there was essentially no public knowledge about balsa wood towers available.
I'm an alumnus of the program, having competed in Odyssey of the Mind since 4th grade. Including my years on University Level teams, I competed for a total of 13 years, and have volunteered for 15 years at various levels. (4 of those years of volunteering and competing overlap).
I had a bit of down time earlier today, so I was able to go and check out a few of the structure challenge presentations. I competed in structure for I think 7 of those years competing), and used to have one of the better known balsa wood structure websites (which I still keep meaning to bring back online, I just haven't taken the time to do so). In any case, I overheard some parents talking about structure and the builders on the teams, and how there's such a learning curve. Brought back many memories, especially as I started when there was essentially no public knowledge about balsa wood towers available.
