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Originally Posted by dlavery
The publicly-stated goal of each of these organizations is to provide inspiration and education on STEM topics to those that have not yet "seen the light." You don’t do that by trying to convince those already converted that your particular phrasing of the message is better. You do it by reaching out to those that have never heard the message in the first place. A little less time spent on turf wars, and a little more time spent on reaching the 95% of students who are oblivious to your existence, might be wise.
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AKA, competition between STEM programs is mostly counterproductive. The goal isn't to be the better program among programs, but to reach out to students and get them excited for science, technology, engineering and math.
Granted there is and will be some competition if another program is as good as or better than FIRST, but in the end the goal of my mentoring shouldn't be to promote FIRST, but promote STEM based learning though a program like FIRST.