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Unread 07-01-2011, 11:18
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Re: Good Time To Start Teaching My Little Brother?

Back in my day, in middle school, I played in a Lego Mindstorms competition similar to FLL. The entire club split into groups of 3 and so the 5 or so teams of us played against each other, plus the other 10 or so teams from the other area middle schools. It wasn't FLL but it played like it and pretty much WAS it.

After this (and my group getting second place) we were told that if we were interested in contining robotics, that the high school did some bigger robot league. Thus, I made it into FRC with team 174 and the rest is history.

While I can't say that I got into Robotics because of FLL, I can say it was an FLL-like game that pulled me into FRC.

I went into the Lego Mindstroms League because I loved building with Lego, and went into FRC because I loved working on a team, working on design and solving puzzles. Guess what? I'm an art kid. I studied art in high school and it wasn't until college were I completed a degree in Industrial Design that I came close to actually working on things close to what I did in Robotics. Everyone finds their own niche in the team and will be able to provide something of worth.
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