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limiting National...

Posted by Ken.

Student on team #192, Gunn Robotics Team, from Henry M. Gunn Senior High School.

Posted on 9/26/2000 7:59 PM MST


In Reply to: The Naysayer yet again... posted by Nate Smith on 9/26/2000 2:33 PM MST:



One of the main point of FIRST is to introduce new students about science and technology. The National Competition, by letting everyone going, expose all those team to the challenge when facing some of the best teams across the country. It is critical that every team get to see the competition of the people from the whole U.S.

When limit the National to only high ranking teams, it is likely that only the experienced and/or resourceful teams can get to the National, although there are exceptions. It mean we will take away the other team's opportunity to gain more experience and meet other people in FIRST. So what you get is a really competitive National competition between the same old 'buddies' of the FIRST community, while the lower ranking teams stays home because they weren't given the same chances.

To me, this take away the 'growth' for the low ranking teams, even though when you say 'not going to National will force them to push harder to go to National next year', because I've observed there were so much more critical thinking and last minute rushing in the National than the 6 week period. Plus, the communication between the different teams at the National are so valuable because it open the eyes of the people. It will be against FIRST's spirit to unite the students under the same roof when we leave them out of the National...


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