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Originally Posted by Pavan Dave
In short, it would be a bad business move.
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If FIRST was "just" a business, I would agree. But FIRST's mission is to change the culture. It would be very egotistical to assume that the ONLY way to do this would be to participate in a FIRST competition.
My only beef with FIRST is that it's very seasonal, and very age targeted.
For example, we run Summer LEGO tech camps in my area for 1st-5th graders. Likewise we are expanding year-round 4-H robotics programs, and adding programs that encourage young kids to work WITH their parents. Having funding to help expand these types of programs would ultimately benefit FIRST and the culture....
According to the judges, having these programs helped us to win our Engineering Inspiration award... so I don't think it's all about being FIRST and only FIRST.
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