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Re: FIRST and TSA

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Originally Posted by TimCraig
Then if the goal of the organization is to encourage the youth of the United States to learn about and pursue technology, why not make it open to all? Why use it as a lure for what appears to be some ulterior motive? Or only open to those who happen to agree with our political and religious agenda?
I do agree with that. I remember when doing anything with TSA it would always have to be official TSA things, for example, what has already been brought up there dress attire, they definitly prefeer that you buy your clothes from there store. Your right in the point that it should be like FIRST open to everyone without having to agree with certain things.

However, the vocational school i went to that had TSA also had quite an abundance of students involved with it, while the bylaws seem to push religion and politics i found that people who don't even believe in god, or steer away from politics were still involved. They learned just as much and had just as much fun as any of the other students.

TSA's bylaws may state one thing but from what i seen where i was at quite a few of those bylaws don't apply anymore. Myself i do not know about TSA on a national level but i can tell you what i have seen locally which i feel i have covered pretty well, maybe not with the best wording but hey i want to be an engineer not an english professor.
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