13-04-2005, 00:09
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College Student, Mentor
 FRC #1259 (Paradigm Shift) Team Role: Mentor
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Rookie Year: 2004
Location: Pewaukee, WI
Posts: 33
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Re: Technology and its future role in highschools...
The biggest problem of robotics overtaking major sports is the accessibility of it. Most people like to go see the sports, many times in part to see improvement and the more you see a team the more attached you get to it. Because robotics is generally a 1 or 2 event thing (1 regional, 2 regionals, 1 regional & championship) and that none of the events take place at a schools own location (students would have to travel quite a ways to see a competition) it would be hard for students to become attached and to love robotics the way they do other sports.
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Andy B: College Student, Mentor
Paradigm Shift, 1259 http://www.team1259.org
2004 Midwest Regional: Team Spirit Award Winner, Highest Seeded Rookie Team Award Winner, 4th Seed, 7-1-0 Record , Lost in Quarter Finals
2005 Midwest Regional: Imagery Award Winners, 16th Seed, 5-5-0 Record, Unpicked
2005 Championships, Newton Division: 5th seed, 6-1-0 Record, Advanced to semifinals
2006 Wisconsin Regional: Judges Award, 23th seed, 5-7-0 Record, Unpicked
2007 Wisconsin Regional: 33rd seed, 3-4-1 Record, Lost in Quarterfinals
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