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The majority of students at my team's school don't know that we have a robotics team. The school used to put competition dates on the calendar and in homeroom announcements, but they don't even do that anymore. They focus primarily on sports teams and the arts.

When mentioning robotics to my teachers, they always bring up Battlebots or are surprised that we have a team. One asked me if we build the underwater robots.

However, my team is very fortunate to be able to work in such a large space. Our school recently bought some property containing an armory (which they will later tear down to build a pool) and we have been given 4 rooms and a shed to work in, which is a lot of space for our small 14-member team. We also have a large gym floor in the center (used for practice day 2015) which we can use when none of the sports teams are there.

We don't often talk about robotics because, at least in my experience, most people will lose interest. It's hard to understand all of the excitement at competitions and having a time limit of six weeks to build a robot unless you have firsthand experience.