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Originally Posted by bkahl
Slippery slope?
RW&B chords were already worn by students going into the armed forces. I happily wore no cords. I was proud of the friends that I had that that DID earn the right to wear them. Because at the end of the day, I was on a robotics team, and they're currently fighting for their country. What's more important?
I see no argument.
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The slippery slope argument isn't that robotics teams wear RWB cords, it's letting them wear any cords. There isn't a universal meaning for graduation cords-- at my high school, for example, there was no group that had "claimed" RWB cords. Regardless of whether it's armed forces or NFHS, it's definitely not respectful or acceptable to those others to wear the same cords. That being said, I don't think it's ridiculous for a robotics team to award RWB cords, provided there isn't another group that already awards them. The key is to be aware of existing rules and other groups' traditions, and to be flexible. I really like the idea of team-colored cords, for example.