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Originally Posted by Alan Anderson
It looks like AngelBotics has never been to the FIRST Championship. Have you ever been there yourself? It's hard to imagine someone helping to run a team in FRC who wouldn't understand how just being there can be extremely inspiring after having experienced it.
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Fair enough. No, I've never been. We qualified once, in 2008 I think, but didn't go, and like I said, we turned down our wait list position this year. I have talked to mentors and students who have been plenty of times, and to be honest, I haven't heard stories of the experience that convince me that taking a team to CMP is life changing. Am I missing something? We love the FRC experience (I've been coaching the team since we started in 2004, why would I stick around this long otherwise?), but two regionals is exhausting and both a financial and academic drain. We have been more competitive since 2013, and this year reached our goals, which included captaining an alliance. Next year our goal is to win a regional. Who knows? If we win, we will go to CMP. Otherwise, we will take our mandatory tests and get our grades up.