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Originally Posted by sithmonkey13
False: 1178, D.u.R.T. is primarily from an all boys Catholic high school (De Smet Jesuit High School) but we allow girls in from the other high schools that do not have teams but want to participate. Are there less girls than guys? Yes (3 girls this year on a ~30 member team).
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There are extant all-boys Catholic school teams; 254 is the most obvious example. And I don't think anyone can claim that the mission of FIRST has been compromised by the existence of a Hall-of-Fame team that has had a robot featured on ESPN and in Sports Illustrated.
Am I annoyed when people come up to my all-female team at competitions and ask "So.... did the guys build your robot?" Yes. Does that mean that I think an incredibly successful and inspiring team should be rejected from competition because of the organization it is based in? No. And that statement applies to all three teams I've worked with- female, male and co-ed.
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Originally Posted by lineskier
Go 1868!
Girl Scouts tearing it up at SVR  ! |
Thanks so much for the support and recognition! That was by far the most amazing competition we've ever had. Expect us to be better by far at Championships (we still have some trump cards to pull).