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Originally Posted by Nimmy
well I hope robotics will be more wide spread as something you can major in as FIRST grows, that way the project will be like part of your GPA or like a "final-project", im sure it will raise the quality of the robots once school recognize it more
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Our school systems here in America focus on a wide variety of subjects to make the student more aware of the ideas that he/she could be. Then in college is where the student is to focus on a specific major.
Right now I am going to a local community college. I slack off in the quality of work I am doing right now because I am focused on FIRST. This is a bad thing that is going to hurt my grades. But next year I am going to a different college that is pretty far away down in Bocca Raton, this way I am not distracted by first. When I participated in First in high school, homework and class work was never an option. The only time that was excused was when we were at competition, and we were still expected to make up the work. This is pretty much what you are going to find anywhere in America. I don’t believe that you will see it as a major impact on your gpa here because there are many other classes that you are required to take.
Our team meets after school till about 6 each mon, wed, and Thursdays, in addition for 6 hours on Sunday. We design what we need after school, send it off to the machine shop, they cut it the next day, then we get it by that evening, and assemble later that night. It’s a pretty efficient system that we have set up this year, providing the most free time for all the participants and mentors. I believe that you can learn more with an efficient schedule rather than one that is overworked.