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Originally Posted by sanddrag
(This may not be the thread for this but lack of ability to describe the program - which is a good thing in my mind in the way it has happened - may lead to the downfall in bringing in new people and teams. The rate of growth of the number of teams used to be exponential, now it is more linear. Has FIRST gotten so good that we can't describe it anymore, and that is leading to a slowing in new members joining?)
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I actually think what it really comes down to is time and money. This stuff costs a lot, and I think that is where things are slowing down. I think we would see more teams coming in if we could get more donations to FIRST itself, to help lower the costs of the competition, especially in the way of the kit of parts.
Anyway...
I thought of something that covers a lot of it through analogy...
We build robots... but it isn't only building robots, although that is a major part, it is also about learning through doing and experiance. It is like a high school football player going and training with the pros, but with engineering. It is definitely something you dont see every day.