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I think its perfectly legitamate for a team to require a certain GPA, as long as it isn't so rediculously high that only 'honors' students are allowed to participate on the team
however, some teams have interviews and cuts anyway where GPAs might be a factor... that's similar to trying to qualify for any sports team in school
Obviously if a kid is failing, has a really low GPA, and is on a FIRST team... perhaps they should spend more time on homework than in the machine shop (school is more important), and FIRST could be a motivation for them to keep their grades up
so yes... requiring a certain GPA, I feel, should not be considered discrimination. Teams could even tutor fellow students and help them get their grades up, so that those students may participate in robotics the following year
ByE
erin
p.s. A situation where it is discrimination is if you have a team of say... 30 students, and only 18 can travel to nationals, and you pick the 18 students with the highest GPA instead of the students who were the most enthusiastic and active in building the robot... that would be wrong
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