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Re: Thoughts on Ri3D and BuildBlitz

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Isn't it more important to teach them how to think!!?? Winning is nice, but it shouldn't be the end all be all. Putting forth true effort, and learning something is way more important than bragging rights.
To consistently win you need to learn how to think. Engineering is about using your resources. Buy/make analysis is a common occurrence in industry. Using prior examples is also a common occurrence.

If you want to build a bridge, you learn the techniques and the math, but you also look at past winning bridges. That's how you build a winning (I.e. not this) bridge.

Winning does not exclude learning, to requires it.

Check out my user title (right under my name), I think it's appropriate for this discussion.
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