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#2 FIRST does not make students engineers
Posted by Joe Johnson.   [PICTURE: SAME | NEW | HELP]


Engineer on team #47, Chief Delphi, from Pontiac Central High School and Delphi Automotive Systems.

Posted on 3/20/2000 9:24 PM MST


In Reply to: More light less heat... posted by Joe Johnson on 3/20/2000 8:42 PM MST:



FIRST does not magically turn high school students into engineers in six short weeks.

If it were so, then why did I go to college?

I used to think that I was really an engineer in high school and that college only provided me with a piece of paper that somehow gave me official permission to be what I already was.

How young I was!

I can't tell you how often I use the tools that I learned in school to do my job.

Yes, I had the inclination toward being an engineer before college, but it was only an inclination and an aptitude.

FIRST at its best is not so much about making students engineers in 6 weeks, but about inspiring them to stick it out through the Calc 3 class because it is a step on the road to a place they want to be.

At our best, the Chief Delphi team is very effective at this task.

Or at least that is our aim. Sometimes we miss the mark.

Even so, the target remains clear.

Joe J.

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