Thread: The FRC Program and Its Effect On High School Students (x-post from r/FRC)
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Re: The FRC Program and Its Effect On High School Students (x-post from r/FRC)
While FRC has been a lot of fun and I've learned more skills in the program than I would have just attending normal high school, it doesn't leave any time for me to do things outside of itself.

One thing that I believe the essay didn't touch on that much is maintaining a social life outside of robotics.

Even besides schoolwork, the robotics program in general takes up an extensive amount of time for around five months out of the year, two of which being entirely devoted to building and the other three to competitions and robot maintenance.

This leaves zero time for homework and school, which also shuts out friends and a social life. I dunno about you guys, but yeah, general social activity is vital to high school, too.

Yes, robotics is fun and so is learning, but so is having a social life and friends outside of FIRST.
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