[Rangel]

It sounds like you've been a part of your team for a while now and if your parents don't understand the importance of it now, they probably never will. My advice is to keep doing what you can do be as involved with your team as much as possible. For example if your parents don't want to give you rides, find other modes such as friends or the bus. I'm a little on the side of Nathan in terms of radicalness being in a similar situation not too long ago. I don't suggest to go as far as forging permission slips but maybe stay later in robotics than your supposed to some days and stuff like that. Do what you can to make your parents happy though. Keep up with grades and schoolwork, tell them what they want to hear if you get into one sided arguments about robotics again, and give your coach contact information anyways and just say your coach got it from school system. You probably won't convince them that robotics is the best use of your time but you have a good chance of remaining active since they've allowed you to stay on this long.