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Re: FiM is NOT FIRST

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Originally Posted by Carol View Post
If you don't agree with FiM, but want to see FIRST grow to include most if not all of the schools in the nation, and expand worldwide, how would you manage the growth? If FIRST (FRC that is) expands to 10,000 teams (versus the current 1300-1500), do you think that the current model would still be workable?
That's a hard question.

But if FIRST has to sacrifice their ideals and values* just to grow the program, that's not healthy growth. That's cancer.


* FiM is a robot competition. It's not a culture-changing competition that happens to use robots as a vehicle for inspiration.
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