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Originally Posted by Astrokid248
...But it is humanly possible to get good grades, even straight A's in AP and college courses, while still putting in upwards of 800 hours of work over the semester. With regular grade checks over the build season and strict adherence to UIL rules (you fail a class, you're not on the team), your team should be able to excel in school and still build an amazing robot without limited work hours.
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You're right, you can certainly put in all of the hours and still be a successful student and team member. But at what cost?
The limit would help people who don't have (or have lost) a sense of balance in their life. They're the people who spend 80% of their time working on robotics, 20% on school, and everything else seems to fall by the wayside. The difficult part is that it's often times hard to tell that you're spending too much time as it happens.
Do I support a hard limit? No, not a sweeping one. However, I do believe that it should be at the discretion of
leadership, certainly including team
mentors, to impose a limit on students. There isn't one solution for every team, but if each team takes regulation into their own hands then the situation could certainly be alleviated.