Re: What does your school think of robotics?
 

Bronx Science is highly supportive from the administration down to the student body. About three times as many kids show up to the NYC regional than to any sport held at school. We've got about half a dozen display cases throughout the school dedicated to the teams and their endeavors, with assorted trophies and news clippings scattered throughout the building. To put it into perspetive, our only banner is hanging between the Intel finalist plaques and around the corner from the Nobel Prize alumni case.

As hard as we try though, we'll never be the most prominent team in the building. Debate has us beat by far, apparantly they have a teacher on full salary just to coordinate their team and travel. Until we can get a full time mechanical engineer whose sole job is to run our robotics teams, we'll be second fiddle.

Re: What does your school think of robotics?
 

At my school, we're usually regarded as nerdier than Mathletes and no one really wants anything to do with it. Some of the team member are rather border line when it comes to how much they care about the team.

Most of the teachers support us though, and although our school has yet to fund us, we usually have a few administrators at the Chicago Regional.

We're a little bit of an undercover team at the school, mostly because we aren't from a very hands on town, people just pay to get anything fixed, so people are wary when it comes to building anything.

This upcoming year though, we have a TON of interested freshmen which warms me from inside out!!! :D

Re: What does your school think of robotics?
 

at my school in webster, ny it is the stupid nerdy club! it bothers me soooo much! I just think to myself well whatever they dont know how much fun they are missing.!!
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