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Re: [FIRST EMAIL] Stop Build Day Survey

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Originally Posted by Lireal View Post
Because students burnout to. If the build season was just one weej longer last year, it would have been great for our small team. But build season always hurts our grades, and adding another week of suboptimal schoolwork would have put many of the students on my team even farther behind. There are still plenty of ways to continue the stem experience, like watch week 1 competitions or preparing for competition. Extending the build season will not expamd the experience any farther than it already is, but wil insteadl negatively the students.
I understand your issue.

However, upon a bit more investigation I think ending SBD will actually help students to NOT burn out.

Here's why:

Lets say a students spends 5hrs/day 5 days/wk at build, that's fairly common among teams from my understanding. That would equate to 25 hours a week, and over the 6 week build season (although that in itself is a myth), would mean the student spent 150 hours of their time at robotics.

Now, lets get rid of stop build day.

The build season now becomes longer, and the robot doesn't have to be done in 6 weeks. This opens students up to not having to cram hours in during the 6 week period.

Let's decide to enter a week 2 competition. Now we have 9 weeks to prepare a robot, instead of 6.

Let's also cut down hours/day to 3.5, giving students more time to focus on homework, or other activities they may want to participate in.

3.5hrs/day and 5 days/wk is 17.5 hours/wk, 7.5hrs/wk less than the current schedule.

Now for the cool stuff!

17.5hrs/wk over 9 weeks is 157.5 hours total spent on the robot!

By actually saving more hours a week and allowing us to spread the time out further, we have actually prevented burn out, AND spent more time on the robot.

Morale of the story: By removing SBD, it does not require you to work your same schedule for longer weeks. It allows you to better manage your time spent on the robot, prevent burnout, and potentially create a better machine.
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