In that other thread are some great posts by the girls on the teams and by Faridodin “Fredi” Lajvardi, co-mentor of team 842.
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I am as competitive as the next guy, but I also know and believe that it really isn't about the robots. Its just the gimmick used to get all of us together to celebrate math, science and technology in a venue that has proven to be a successful model, sports.
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One side note to all this, as a mentor I saw how teams and people treated us differently between being co-ed to all girls.
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We have three "all-girl" teams out of our 15 VEX teams. They do a great job and they have a slight edge on the boys teams because they do a better job of listening to each other. One of the teams has a woman mentor, the other two have men. The teams are some of our strongest and they do know their robots. So in this case, it's not counter productive to have all-girls teams.
I agree with Fredi, it's not about the robots, but about the other stuff.