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Originally Posted by sanddrag
And this is why FIRST as a national organization needs to integrate themselves with education rather than separate themselves from it.
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Though a FIRST team's primary objectives can differ from an organization with which they are heavily integrated, it seems to me that the FIRST teams who have fully embraced the inspiration aspect tend to be more successful than the ones who focus mostly on the education. That's not to say that a full integration of an education system and FIRST couldn't be mutually beneficial, but it's not a perfect marriage either. The focus on inspiration and recognition gives FIRST a slightly different mission from what education systems typically strive to achieve.