FIRST is a very unique experience and offers a lot to students. Balancing your life between FIRST, schoolwork, and life can be a challenge sometimes. Time management is a key issue. What can you offer to this FIRST-a-holic? Bear in mind that this thread was created a while ago but I think any advice might still be useful.
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Recently I got into trouble with my grades. I have parents who are very strict and would love to see me out of robotics because they do not realize the positive impact it has made upon me. I have this summer to prove to them that robotics has helped me. I am seeking advice because I think my parents are right. FIRST to me is a very strong addiction. I need more and more and can never realize when enough is enough. I have recently realized myself how addicted to robotics I am when I saw myself doing complex mathematics to figure out some variables in a project, and than even more, when I realized that out of the twenty four hours in a day, I spend on average ten to twelve hours on Chief Delphi, or a related robotics research activity or even prototyping for parts for the next season for some advancement in modular design. Can somebody please help me? I need advice as to how to tackle this problem because I have a bad feeling about next year. If I do not get my act together in the next few weeks, I might be in high school who before FIRST, made straight A's and B's. If you have tips on study advice, how to study, or how you manage all of this with your addiction to robotics it would help me so I can possibly relate and work out similar strategies to breaking this crack like robotics addiction.
Thank you very much for your help.
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