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Originally Posted by adias.angel
I agree for some of our students at 13 it's best we move them up to FTC. With both Michigan and US FIRST guidelines we are able to do that.
Michigan on the other hand is now limiting and leaving out the students who are not ready to move up. All students learn at different paces and some are simple not ready at 13 to move up. I don't want to see those children left out.
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So we're not arguing IF there should be a cutoff, since you clearly are ok with a cutoff as has existed for nearly 2 decades. You're arguing is that FiM's cutoff is too low? So this we can put something more than an opinion.
What are the primary differences between FLL and FTC from a student development stand point? Please be specific.
Based on those, what is the typical age at which 80% of students have reached this development?
What, if any sort of accommodations need to be made for the 20% of students that don't reach this checkpoint? For example: an appeals process to "you're in 9th grade you can't compete in FLL even if you emotionally aren't ready for FRC"
Edit: Corsetto - try harder. The mental image is totally worth it.