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Originally Posted by MikLast
We did that for the incoming freshman with last years robot, and yes, they were surprised, but think about it. Our school is more sports oriented. Would you think 500 kids are gonna go "ooh" and "ahh" and then agree that building a robot is a sport? It's like trying to explain to someone that NASCAR is a sport. They wont believe it until they do it, and doing that isint the easiest thing to do. I will give it a shot once we get a little further into the build season, have some stuff to show dedication and whatnot, but im not having the biggest of hopes with convincing the school.
On a side note, some info on what other teams did to convince their schools/states to consider it a sport would be wonderful.
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Not to sound like a jerk or anything but, if your that convinced you won't be able to get your school on board, How do you expect to get the state?
I'm sure the state is just as into Football/ Basketball/ etc.. as your school is. I'm sure the school cares about your club more then you may think it does. and I'm also sure a well written letter (like others have suggested) would do wonderful things for you.
Confidence is a wonderful tool to use. If you go to them already acting like they will say yes, they are more likely to do so. If you go to them thinking they won't, then they probably won't.