Thread: Virginia Legislative Action: Help Needed
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Re: Virginia Legislative Action: Help Needed
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Originally Posted by gblake View Post
Folks - Some replies to my request contain unfounded assumptions.
The assumption that is being made is that advocating for one program is a negative for another program. This is not a zero sum game. I could take the addition of a VEX team in my school as a negative towards my FIRST team. I see it as two groups working with two distinct populations. Both working towards similar goals (now I do have a VERY strong opinion which program has better student outcomes). By advocating for FIRST we are directly advocating for more STEM funding in the state of Virginia. I think we can all agree that this is an outcome we can all get behind.
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