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Please Convince Me

Posted by Chris, Coach on team #308, Walled Lake Monster, from Walled Lake Schools and TRW Automotive Electronics.

Posted on 4/5/99 6:36 PM MST


In Reply to: Multiple Regionals posted by Dave on 4/4/99 12:23 PM MST:



I've been on my soapbox a lot about limiting regionals, and I've received a lot of responses disagreeing with me. I have still yet to see a response that made me change my mind.

The crux of everyone's argument against me is that extra regionals have some sort of value. I've stated many times that I believe one regional is important as it allows a team to debug the robot and prepare for Nationals. Everyone learns from this experience. I've also stated that I think there is very little 'real' value in attending more than one regional, since teams already had their learning experience at their first regional.

What I want is someone to try and convince me why there is extra value in additional regionals. When I mean extra value, I mean extra value in the spirit, ideals, and mission of FIRST. In other words, a competitive advantage or a free trip is not a real added value. I would like someone to convince me that extra regionals have value in technical education. Not only that, but convince me that the EXTRA regional's educational value is worth the money that it costs to send the team to the regional. All arguments should have some sort of proof.

If anyone can convince me that the added value of EXTRA regionals is worth the money that the teams spend (in educational value), I will then convert to supporting unlimited regionals. After all, the goal of FIRST is inspire people that education is good.

However, if you don't convince me, I will do my best to poke holes in your argument.

My main goal is to make the playing field as level as possible, but not at the expense of education. However, I still am not convinced that extra regionals are that educational. They may have some educational value, but I think the money could be better spent. That is why you must convice me not only that it is educational, but worth the money.

So, any takers? As I said, please convince me.





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