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Re: Criteria for Allowing New Team Members

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Originally Posted by Oblarg View Post
I'm not sure I agree with minimum grade requirements - I was a terrible student in high school, and got more out of this program than probably the rest of high school put together.
Yeah, I have similar thoughts. If a kid's so done with school they aren't bothering to get good grades, why would kicking them out of FRC help? I've known some kids that it's happened to before, and it's a darn shame. I'd much rather have someone getting Cs and learning a ton in FRC than getting As and bored in school. Especially because one of the great things that this program does is show kids why what they're learning in school is actually useful (and that there's more to look forward to in college).

Of course, there's also no reason why you shouldn't be able to both spend tons of time at FRC and get good grades...
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