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Re: I see it MUCH differently
Posted by mike oleary at 04/26/2001 4:41 PM EST


Student on team #419, rambots, from bc high and sponsors are overrated..go pocket-change robots!!!.


In Reply to: I see it MUCH differently
Posted by Jason Morrella on 04/26/2001 12:53 PM EST:





:It is a hobby, and a self interest activity which has NOTHING to do with helping or teaching kids. There is nothing wrong with that - just a different goal. Let's not fool anyone - battle bots has NOTHING to do with educating kids or helping prepare them for college: it is a televsion show based on ratings, money, dumbed down WWF mindless violence, and moronic commentary.

first of all, battle bots may or may not have a stated goal to educate kids, etc. but the fact is that if kids partipate in battle bots, build a robot and all that, it DOES prepare educate them. while it is a tv show whos main focus is generally ratings and all that the end result of FIRST and battle bots is mostly the same except that FIRST has standards regarding gracious proffessionalism and all of that stuff whereas battle bots does not. also FIRST is more rigorous id say (granted ive never participated in battle bots - yet, since me and some friends are considering it now) because there are stricter regulations: time, illegal materials, weight limits, size restrictions, etc.

also battle bots is creating a high school competition...i found this on battlebots.com:

BATTLEBOTS IQ - THE HIGH SCHOOL CHALLENGE
BattleBots Inc. is looking into the possibility of holding a High School BattleBots competition in the late Summer. This event would kick off BattleBots IQ -- a combination curriculum/competition where students, accompanied by a qualified instructor, build and battle robots.



wow that was a really long post...kudos to anyone who managed to read all the way to here
mike whos gonna cut back on the lengths of his posts cuz it takes way too long to type out a long post
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