Dealing with rejection

"No,"

I frowned, and with nothing more to say, I left, dissapointed that my friend wouldn't let me join his VEX Robotic team. "Was I not good enough?" I silently said to myself. Instead of begging him to let me join his team, I decided to create my own, knowing that he wasn't the only way I could participate in VEX. 

There are three parts to creating a team, buying the parts, assembling a group of people, and finding a coach. I started by emailing my friends, but nobody responded, and I soon realized tha tnot many people where insterested in VEX, so I emailed students parents. The next morning, my phone buzzed with emails of parents asking to join. I quickly assembled a team of four, and my grandpa, a kind man with no robotics experience, volunteered to coach us. 

Although none of us, knew anything about robotics, we had a determination. I delegated the roles: Engineer, Builder, and coder. I took on the engeenering role, and took my part very seriously. At the end of every session, we would communciate what we accomplished and any problems we faced to ensure we were on track to complete our robot. Engeneering has helped me in my daily life. Last week, my bikes chain was making weird noises, but I remembered that chains need to a lubricant, and by applying some WD-40, I was able to get my bike up and running. In the future, I would to be a mechanical engeneer, and design contraptions to make the ever day life easier.