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Re: FIRST world problems
0.o! Bravo
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Originally Posted by GeeTwo
... The bottom line is that I'd rather inspire someone with tenacity but little or no recognizable technical skill to the importance of STEM over someone with considerable technical skills but no ambition. ...
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I don't think you even need the last part of this sentence I quoted, if you are focused on inspiring fence-sitting students, or students who haven't given STEM a try yet, to pursue STEM careers.
Focusing on attitude, instead of focusing on finding the students who have already had the most success pursuing STEM topics, sounds like a very good approach for a FIRST team to use. It might not be the best recruiting strategy for a NASCAR team, but it sounds very much in line with FIRST's goal(s).
Some folks might argue that it's an approach that is at odds with pursuing one or two forms of robot-excellence, and/or that it's an approach that doesn't maximize your organization's chances of appearing on the Einstein field. If you do encounter that mindset, I hope you agree with them, and then let them know why that is interesting, but not so important. 
Blake
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Words/phrases  I avoid: basis, mitigate, leveraging, transitioning, impact (instead of affect/effect), facilitate, programmatic, problematic, issue (instead of problem), latency (instead of delay), dependency (instead of prerequisite), connectivity, usage & utilize (instead of use), downed, functionality, functional, power on, descore, alumni (instead of alumnus/alumna), the enterprise, methodology, nomenclature, form factor (instead of size or shape), competency, modality, provided(with), provision(ing), irregardless/irrespective, signage, colorized, pulsating, ideate
Last edited by gblake : 12-06-2016 at 14:04.
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