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Originally Posted by Rosiebotboss
I'm confused. The whole idea of FIRST is to provide Inspiration and Recognition of SCIENCE and TECHNOLOGY. The last I knew Science and Technology was part of STEM. How can you have a FIRST team doing the right things and NOT be focused on STEM education. Are we not supposed to be teaching the students?
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So there are two different types of STEM in first. The science, math, engineering and stuff that people learn WHILE participating in FRC is one thing completely. That is "inspiring people" period. Then there is another aspect of spreading STEM via. EARLY, BEST, etc., that. What I am saying is you must teach yourself before teaching a class.
To those who are complaining about the application process,
This team will NOT be school affiliated. It will have participants from schools but it will not be a "SCHOOL" team. It will be an extra curricular activity so there aren't even 10000 people to choose from, ONLY those interested enough that want to apply to this program and show that they meet
X standards will make a strong team with some knowledge starting off which is better than having 50 people on your team but only 5 that can identify the difference between a standard and metric crescent wrench when it comes competition time.
Pavan
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