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JaneYoung 08-05-2007 22:44

Re: Grades and Student Travel, Etc
 
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Originally Posted by CommanderRachek (Post 625544)
Not everyone who does FIRST wants to be an engineer. Me, for instance.

Some of your statements in this last post made me think of a couple of things.

1. On 418, in the past we've had a couple of students who joined the team as Seniors so that they could put the robotics experience on their college applications. After being on the team for only a year and facing graduation, they were sorry that they hadn't joined sooner - as in their freshman year. The good part of it was that they did have that year with the team and were able to experience it. The original shallowness deepened into commitment to something they didn't expect, FRC Team 418.

2. In Chief Delphi there have been many discussions regarding college, choices, decisions, education - and they have been very interesting. Here is a link to one of them.
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=46655

Jane

Alan Anderson 09-05-2007 08:58

Re: Grades and Student Travel, Etc
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by CommanderRachek (Post 625544)
...I can only lead my life now as I see fit now.

I commend you on your independence and self-actualization. However, you're disregarding the valuable experience of others who have already been where you are and have already gone where you're going, and that's unfortunate. There are good reasons for doing things the way you're expected to instead of always doing them the way you think they should be done.

I will be very surprised if you don't look back at this issue in five years' time with much more understanding and acceptance of what the mentors have been saying.

4throck 09-05-2007 15:42

Re: Grades and Student Travel, Etc
 
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Originally Posted by Alan Anderson (Post 625641)
I commend you on your independence and self-actualization. However, you're disregarding the valuable experience of others who have already been where you are and have already gone where you're going, and that's unfortunate. There are good reasons for doing things the way you're expected to instead of always doing them the way you think they should be done.

I will be very surprised if you don't look back at this issue in five years' time with much more understanding and acceptance of what the mentors have been saying.

I believe I speak for most high schoolers when I say that I understand and accept what you are saying now. However, I neither agree with you nor believe your statements to be universaly true.


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