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Re: [FIRST EMAIL] Stop Build Day Survey

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Originally Posted by Oblarg View Post
Why, though? It's not as if, even in the absence of the resources to build a second robot, there's a dearth of things to work on between bag day and competition. Your team is already making a choice to arbitrarily cease work on a certain date - why would the removal of the bag requirement force you to change that policy?
Can you understand the difference between FIRST telling a student they must stop working on their robot on a certain day and a mentor telling a student they must stop working on their robot on a certain day?

The perspective is, "I think that rule is stupid!" versus, "I think that mentor is mean!"


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Originally Posted by bkahl View Post
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.
Robotics and sports practice do not mix. Robotics and after school jobs do not mix. Robotics and after school activities do not mix. Any day spent after school on robotics is a day that can't be used elsewhere, and increasing the number of days spent on robotics decreases the number of days spent doing other things.

That will cause burnout.
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