First STN Practice

So last week most of us were able to make it to our first STN practice on the Veteran's Day holiday.  It gave you a taste of what the shortened time limit will be and it provided you an opportunity to work for the first time with your new partners.  In one instance, we even had to make some major changes to two teams to accommodate the requirements of the contests.   For this week's blog post, I'd like you to reflect on how your first practice went.  Was is successful?  Were there any problems to work out?  Write about three things that you learned about the contest, your team, or yourself from participating in the practice session.  

If you did not make it to the practice, write about the last time you had to practice at something.  What was it for?  What did you learn from the experience?  Remember that I'm looking for a 5 paragraph constructed response.  Good luck!