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I admittedly have not read all 50+ posts in this thread.. but I've read enough to hear the points, and I agree with Andy, and whomever elses' points he may have backed up...
No offense to anyone, but I remember a day when I was in high school (i've been in this for 7 years now), and everyone used to 'complain' about Delphi, our great hosts of this board. They used to say how Delphi 'sent their robot out to be made' , 'the kids don't do anything!', etc etc.. every team that lost to Delphi especially had something to say about WHO built their robot. For a while I believed them.. and I thought "Who would want to be on a team like that?!" And then I looked at their team.. I looked what Delphi did for their school... for all those kids... <b>if that isn't inspiration, I don't know what is.</b> And the truth is, not everything you hear is the truth.. and not the way everyone does something may be the way you would like to have it done, but that doesn't mean goals aren't being accomplished. Delphi is an amazing team of which the kids play a major part. Basically, I once thought to that the only way to do it was with the kids doing as much work as possible, and I thought I had it made when I was in high school, I thought my team had all the answers about how it was done.. and then I moved to another team as mentor and saw that the same policy couldn't be applied, but the way my new team was was no less right than my original.. now I'm on yet another team as a mentor.. with still another style, and it is still just as right as any other way. Students are being INSPIRED to LEARN more... and if you are on a team in which students do tons of building, and that is inspiring you to learn.. great! if someone else is on a team where the students do less building and more homework.. and FIRST is inspiring them to learn... great! If those teams didn't get the message across, they wouldn't exist because students wouldn't be on them!! they are getting something from those teams.. something no one has the right to take away or lessen the value of... I believe Dean or Woodie even said it at kickoff this year... it doesn't matter how you do it.. as long as it is getting done.. students around the world, on all different style teams are being inspired. We are all doing a great job, no matter how it is we do it! Great job- and good luck to EVERYONE! |
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