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money isnt really the issue, i dont really see how money can buy u a robot in this competition, theres only a limited amout of things you can buy. Its the fact that this is trying to be a competition between *high schoolers* to see who can build the best robot. If we wanted to see what a school could come up with it should be an expo or something, but its the idea that a winner is declared and everything. Everybody on my team, especially the mentors believe that mentors should not be allowed to touch the robot at all. yes i know that in this everybodys a winner because something extraordinary is going on and everybody is learning, but even at this age people dont like being bullied by the elders (robots built by engineer fairies that come in at nite and build robots, or teams that only let the kids watch). Also, some teams were saying how their students arent capable of building a robot so they have to watch the engineers build it. Well #1, how is it fair that my team is capable of building a robot all by ourself, only students touching it, and then get beat by a school with students that arent able to build one so engineers built it for them. and #2, why dont you just let the kids build the robot to see what they are capable of, at our school this is the first year and our teachers told us a million times how hard building a robot would be and all of a sudden we totally suprised our selves when everything started working, so give the kids a shot, you'll never know what they are capable of untill you let them try it.

I know i should quit ranting on this subject but i cant let it go, oh well
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