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Originally Posted by Nyxyxylyth
To me, it sounds a lot more like copying someone else's answers for an exam. I just couldn't throw away everything we'd worked on for months for the sake of winning.
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In an education environment goals and objectives are set for you: they're called standards (Common Core, State Standards, etc.). Teachers are required by law to teach these standards in public school. So, yes, someone copying an exam (designed to assess the ability of students to master those standards) is wrong, both ethically and educationally.
But, FIRST doesn't provide standards for us. FIRST doesn't set goals or objectives for us. We set those individually on each team. So assessing if our strategy is "wrong" is something that should be done individually and not declared by others outside our team organization.
There's nothing wrong with you declaring that you wouldn't "throw away everything...for the sake of winning"
if it fits with the goals and objectives of your team.
BUT every team has different philosophies and goals. Every team has different strategies in order to fulfill those goals. And every team should be free to strategize to fulfill those goals, as long as it fits within the rules provided.