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Originally Posted by BJC
Why would perticipating in more programs be less expensive? By keeping with the same competition every year many resources can be reused season to season. Initial startup years are undeniably the most difficult and expensive. Why would teams want to go through this every year?
Respectfully, Bryan
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Absolutely. Though, as I understand it, a plus side of BEST is that they give you
the kit and you use the kit and only the kit. I don't know what sort of resource investment (non-overlapping with the other programs) would really be involved. ...But FTC?! With FRC! And FLL --
Enough FLL parts to run summer camps? Maybe I'm missing something, but my wallet hurts.
Still, if you had the infrastructure already--for instance if your larger organization usually does FRC, FLL and FTC across the grades anyway (and have enough for all your students...), you could rotate more freely.
Also, elementary school was not
so long ago for me (...I can claim), and I have to say drawing a robot for a year would not have satisfied me, and I doubt it'd engage most of my FLL kids now. Cardboard, maybe. Household items? Also not ideal for the middle-high school kids, as for the camp year they're really only engaged over the summer plus some prep work. Maybe not so bad if you were a freshmen in rotation year 1, but what if you started in year 4? Many of my high school kids would probably just walk out.