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Re: A plead to FIRST, anyone else agree?

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Originally Posted by Seathan93 View Post
There are so many other aspects of engineering and robotics that can captivate students and children, that to focus on making it appear cool or "not nerdy" actually has the opposite effect.
This is incredibly true. When I was touring college campuses between my junior and senior year, the campuses that made a big deal about safety often caused me to believe they were unsafe. If there really was no concern for safety, you wouldn't think to mention it in the presentation.
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