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Originally Posted by playbass06
4. Robotics is nerdy. The sooner that is accepted, and embraced, the sooner FIRST can confidently attract others to the program. Nothing says "nerds, beware" like a sign saying "hehehe, it's not nerdy"
Like many before me have said, being a nerd is not a bad thing. We take pride in it. I think the best thing would be to simply stop trying to say anything about nerdiness, be it for or against it. Let people see it as they like, and you'll get students from both sides joining up.
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I'm not sure whether people just misinterpreted what I said, or jumped down to the summary but:
What I was basically trying to get across is exactly what you said, that we should just stop trying to say anything about it. The accepting it was more towards, that's how most people who are NOT involved with engineering or robotics or FIRST view this competition. Basically, when talking about FIRST, mention all the good things about it, but don't even mention the nerdy/cool aspect of it.