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Re: Engineering and Robotics program in danger

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Originally Posted by xitaqua View Post
Siri,

Great point, I agree there are two group of students to be considered :
1) Pre-Disposed
2) Under Represented.

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Thanks for your answer, but I'm not sure we're thinking about this the same way (not that what you're doing isn't great). You're working on an organization level: helping areas become predisposed so that kids can use these resources. (Which is great!) What I'm wondering is specifically whether the programs you start that "rotate" still manage to inspire students who are not predisposed. For instance, do they have those amazing "I never thought I'd go to college / I never considered being an engineer" stories to tell? I ask specifically because I'm worried that this sort of rotation might be more difficult/less beneficial for that group of students (versus something like FIRST State).

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Originally Posted by xitaqua View Post
We switch our focus but it is dependent on the team if they want to "switch in competition", what we have found is that a group of them continue while other start the new competitions.
This had gone totally over my head. How many of your teams actually rotate (as opposed to simply scaling up)?
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