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Matt. Your assuming a lot.
We 'dont' have three weeks to beg $30.000 + we only have 19 days. and thats if we wait untill the first day of the Nationals. You dont address how all the Adults get the time off from work to escort the students who would go, unless your assuming the students go to Florida with no Adults. That wont fly.
You make it sound so easy to go out and just knock on doors and stick out your hand for $30.000+. We could do a can and bottle drive all we need is 600.000 units. Where did your team get $30.000+ in 3 weeks, I would love to know how you did it.
Your also assuming that next year it will be the odd teams turn? can you guarantee that, or will some unforseen problem change the Tides of the game.
If last year you told me that only the even # teams would be going to Florida next year plus a few selected teams I would have thought you were nuts, but it happened.
I think Students look at things differently than the Mentors, we not only have to worry about our selves and our families and our work, our home's and will the plants be dead when we get home, but we also worry about "you".
(" But you may end up evaluating your alternatives and realize that it's not worth the effort to do so. And then you may just have to learn to live with the fact that you won't be going to nationals this year. And realize it's neither the end of the world nor the end of FIRST.")
Im not sure how to respond to this other than if this year is your last in High School because your graduating the it will be the end of FIRST for that student.
I wish I was 35 years younger and a student in High School then the whole world would seem just fine.
I love the concept of FIRST and I enjoy working with all the students, The Regionals are just an amazment to me as I look at "all" The creations of all the teams. But these are just the robots in our Regional, There are hundreds more in Florida that we wont get to see this year. Seing all the Robots from all the teams is part of the learning experience. All team who wish to go to Florida should be alowed to go as it has been in the past.
As new rookie teams join what will happen when there are the same total of even or odd teams that equal the total of all teams today. will we get the chance to go to Florida every 4 years???
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