[sanddrag]

David, when I was in high school, I sometimes became bored with school, and REALLY enthusiastic about robotics. It happens. But, I urge you to keep your grades up, as your participation in the robotics team will get you very little without the good grades to show also. If you have to pick one over the other, make it school. Take some time off from robotics if you need, to really focus on your studies. What I did when my grades fell was went and asked the teacher "what will it take for me to get an A (or other grade)?" And I stayed after school and got extra help, and my grades improved.

School may not be the most interesting thing, but it's important, and you will realize this later. Just do whatever you need to in order to get those grades up.