Go to Post Success is making a difference. - SlamminSammy [more]
Home
Go Back   Chief Delphi > FIRST > Rumor Mill
CD-Media   CD-Spy  
portal register members calendar search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read FAQ rules

 
 
 
Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes
Prev Previous Post   Next Post Next
  #33   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 28-05-2003, 23:02
srawls's Avatar
srawls srawls is offline
Registered User
#0122 (Nasa Knights)
 
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Yorktown
Posts: 507
srawls is an unknown quantity at this point
Send a message via AIM to srawls
Quote:
Originally posted by JosephM
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the goal of FIRST to influence kids through robots to like science and technology, and not sports stars and actors? Wouldn't having a FIRST celebrity be against the ideas of FIRST and why it was started? If a celebrity endorses FIRST, wouldn't that remove the idea of scientists and engeiners becoming the stars?
Let me ask you this: would a celebrity endorsing FIRST inspire young people into science and technology? The answer is most probably, yes.

The real question then, is will FIRST be bending its principles to acomplish its goals. I don't believe they will. Consider this: There are many paths in life, and many things to excel in--each does what he is compelled to do. Science and engineering are wonderful, but if we lived in a country with only scientists and engineers, our culture would be severely lacking. So then, there is most certainly a place for actors and celebrities in our society.

Now, if there is a place for them in our society, why should we be elitist, and exclude them from promoting FIRST? The real issue is not that sports stars and celebrities are bad, it is that too much undue attention is paid to them, and too little to scientist and engineers. If these celebrities are willing to help shift some of that attention to FIRST, in an attempt to change the culture, how is that against the spirit of FIRST?

Hope that wasn't too long ...
Stephen
Reply With Quote
 


Thread Tools
Display Modes Rate This Thread
Rate This Thread:

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

vB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Qotw [04-15-03]: Forgotten FIRST-a-holics... Ken Leung Rumor Mill 22 13-06-2003 08:34
QotW 06-08-03: The downtime. Madison Rumor Mill 13 12-06-2003 15:00
Qotw [04-14-03]: Do you want to do Qotw? Ken Leung Rumor Mill 18 16-04-2003 14:40
Qotw [02-27-03]: Who would want for partner/opponents... Ken Leung Rumor Mill 15 09-03-2003 22:09
Can someone please take over QOTW for one or two weekends? Ken Leung General Forum 7 28-07-2001 14:27


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 00:33.

The Chief Delphi Forums are sponsored by Innovation First International, Inc.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.6.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2017, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright © Chief Delphi