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Re: What are your victories?
I thought I had posted on this previously, but can't find it.
Wow, where to start?
Our team had a competition goal of "making the playoffs" for the first time in our four year history. We did that, and were selected (as #42 seed) by the #2 and #10 seeds (binary 10, 1010, and 101010), into the alliance that took the regional! And we did it not on cheesecake, but our day #1 decision to mine the landfill and be able to work the step. (As far as I can tell, we coined the term "mine" the landfill.)
Most importantly, we inspired about 50 students towards STEM careers, and made another 50 at least consider it seriously through our t-shirt launcher. Most of the 50 on the team would have probably "coasted" through high school, whether with an A or a D or an F average -- yes, several would have flunked out if we hadn't been there for incentive. This team's members included students saved from a 0.0 average (now a 3.8 average), a few potheads made into leaders, an apparently hopeless introvert who can flirt completely in character as our mascot, and a bunch of self-identified "gorillas" and "meat heads" who have stepped onto the road to become craftsmen. We have graduates heading to both MIT and LA Tech (Woodie Flower's haunts) among other top schools.
My youngest son and daughter will graduate in two years, but after hearing the stories at that first post-victory meeting, I just can't imagine giving up FRC mentoring as long as I can get to build sessions.
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Last edited by GeeTwo : 14-04-2015 at 01:12.
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