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Originally Posted by sanddrag
I'll add one more personal tidbit about why we should not extend the build season, and maybe that will help some of you understand why many of us are against it.
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I am a big fan of the extended build season because I am reasonably confident I will spend an equal amount and in all likelihood less time working on the robot. What's the more efficient way to study, a 10 hour cram session right before the exam or 5 2 hour sessions spread out over the week?
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"No! Please don't! We want to see our families!" I hope he heard me. Of course my students were all for a longer build season. I guess that's why we have teachers like me to set them straight. 
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The people in favor of an extended season I've talked with about this outside of this thread feel exactly the same way. We want to see our friends and families. Spreading the build season out over more time will let us put in as many hours without disappearing from our social lives (or least let us go home and take a nap occasionally).
I think there are very few people that want an extended build season so that they can put in more time. With the witholding allowance, FIRST basically gives you a permit to go nuts working for the whole competition season as is.