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Unread 04-04-2008, 00:43
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Re: GP? I think not.

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Originally Posted by Alan Anderson View Post
Um, no. FIRST encourages mentors to show students what engineering is and how rewarding it can be. FIRST encourages teams to establish ways for students to be inspired by what is possible.
But its not at all about actualy learning how to do it?



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Originally Posted by Alan Anderson View Post
Oh, that's easy. The I in FIRST stands for Inspiration. Are you not inspired by a well-designed, well-engineered, well-built, effective, game-winning machine?
Of course I am, we decided that those two subjects are completely seperate though (montor built robots and winning robots), and I beleive there are ways you can inspire someone with an excelent robot. (more in other thread if you want to continue that)