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Originally Posted by Oblarg
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.
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I agree with this as well. I, along with some members of our team, are not A honor role students and we do get a lot out of FIRST. Maybe even more so then from our classes. I know that the athletic teams at our school have a grade requirement in order to compete in meets or play in games but FIRST is a different program then normal sports. It really is a "sport for the mind" and kids learn skills that will help them in life more so then just a sport. I think that not letting your grades fall because of being in robotics is important but I don't think it should be a requirement to join the team.