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Originally Posted by Woody1458
Mr Anderson I have had respect for your posts in the past, and I do believe you a great man. However the idea that your local school has a FIRST team so that you and your adult buddies can build robots and show them to students is absolutely ridiculous. There are plenty of engineering competitions out there designed towards adult involvement. Innovate or Die, ROBOGAMES http://robogames.net/ to name a few. Go join one of them and allow us to participate in one of the few HS targeted competitions available. Do you honestly think wining these competitions has anything to do with anything? If FIRST could give us a pill that taught us engineering and inspired us in science I'm sure they would save their money and just do that. If there are any students reading this thread who have a team that works like this talk to your mentors! There is a better, more fun way! You don't have to sit back and do nothing. I can tell you its more exciting to see your design fail then to see your mentor's work. There is a better way. |
I recommend you talk to some of the students that have been Technokats before you tell Mr. Anderson what is right and wrong. I am sure that if you PM Kyle Love or Eric Schnabel (sn Schnabel) or any of the other Technokats active on CD they will be happy to talk to you about their experiences with the team.
I have never met anyone, mentor or student from 45, but I really hope to run across a few of both in future.