CNN Special Featuring FIRST, Sunday 5/15

[Billfred]

For the group's convenience (and because I couldn't find one myself), here's a Facebook event for the program.

[Kusha]

Invited all the robotics members in our facebook group. I'll be sure not to miss this. Someone should set up a livestream or something.

[Andrew Schreiber]

EWCP will be running a discussion after the showing using TalkShoe at http://www.talkshoe.com/tc/98466.

Sorry for the threadjacking.

[jtdowney]

Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery

Apparently Wildstang is now from Indiana.

I noticed that as well. We are welcome to have them though

[Jon236]

Who told Soledad that St Louis was "Nationals"? But the show got the major points stated....leading the viewer to figure out that FIRST is the answer.

[Steven Donow]

This defijnitely was great for FIRST, showed FIRST in such a great light. Of course I couldnt help but nerdily see some inaccuracies Pennsylvania Regional, anyone? Gotta love the nerdy things that FIRST-ers notice and think about

[TD912]

If anyone missed it , it's being reaired at 11pm EDT, and again at 2am EDT:
http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/

[JB]

Originally Posted by stevend1994

This defijnitely was great for FIRST, showed FIRST in such a great light. Of course I couldnt help but nerdily see some inaccuracies Pennsylvania Regional, anyone?

Agreed...i'm fairly sure we didn't make it out of the quarters. Also I like the irony of them showing us loosing to MOE and then at the end they show us jumping around when we beat them at Chesapeake! lol

[Lil' Lavery]

I already regret my last post. Getting hung up in the details is, for lack of a better word, stupid.

Originally Posted by jb1403

Agreed...i'm fairly sure we didn't make it out of the quarters. Also I like the irony of them showing us loosing to MOE and then at the end they show us jumping around when we beat them at Chesapeake! lol

That jump was when you won the first match in the quarterfinals in Philadelphia. Notice that it was 1712 standing next to you.

[buildmaster5000]

I thought this documentary was well done, and will do FIRST a lot in terms of getting the word out. I was surprised how much it focused on STEM, and not on the skills that are actually required to compete in FRC. And then there is the whole "you only covered a small facet of FRC teams" argument, but I am willing to let that go because they were able to get their message across just fine. I just hope this will have the impact we all hope it can have.

[bam-bam]

(The whole documentary was focused on the education students are receiving, not FIRST!)

As blunt that may be, FIRST was used as a tool to several points across, like engaging students into STEM actively. O'Brien did a better job than what I would've done if she was following my team (it didn't happen, just an example). FIRST will garner a bit of attention from this- but I wouldn't go as far as to say that this was an impact.

Being a Hoosier, I loved it when they implied 111 was from Indiana. (sarcasm)

[falconmaster]

Being on the inside shows how much they must edit and cut to make it understandable for the general public. The let us see the pre screening and it had more facts about education and how teachers ate not respected in the US like in India. They also left out how only two students in the whole state of Tennessee are studying to be a physics teachers. The doc was about education in the US and they used FIRST as the vehicle. The true test is to see how people who don't know about FIRST react to it. We are all inside because we notice all the flaws, we need to step back and see what effect it has, then judge it.

[JohnBoucher]

I thought Dean came off very well and I actually wanted to hear more from him.

[JaneYoung]

Originally Posted by falconmaster

Being on the inside shows how much they must edit and cut to make it understandable for the general public. The let us see the pre screening and it had more facts about education and how teachers ate not respected in the US like in India. They also left out how only two students in the whole state of Tennessee are studying to be a physics teachers. The doc was about education in the US and they used FIRST as the vehicle. The true test is to see how people who don't know about FIRST react to it. We are all inside because we notice all the flaws, we need to step back and see what effect it has, then judge it.

I think people will be very interested in the robotics event that the students attended/competed in but I think the impact will lie in seeing and acknowledging the failure and inconsistencies of our educational system. For example, Tennessee really needs to raise that bar and I'm glad to see that they are working on it. I thought it was great that they followed the 3 amazing students and their experiences in classes and with their teams. I was very surprised that the student from NJ was so far ahead of the student in AZ in the math classes. And that there are no AP classes for extraordinary students like Brian to take advantage of in Tennessee. Wow. And yet he still scored in the top 1% of the nation on his ACT.

By the way, I wrote down several quotes from the documentary and, as always, just about everything that 842 people say becomes a quote that I find an awesome use for.

Thank you all for the inspiration and the opportunities for non-FIRSTers to see just how amazing you are. You exude excellence (and commitment to it) as a value in your lives.

Jane

[JB]

Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery

I already regret my last post. Getting hung up in the details is, for lack of a better word, stupid.



That jump was when you won the first match in the quarterfinals in Philadelphia. Notice that it was 1712 standing next to you.

My mistake, both experiences were extremely memorable. You guys were great alliance partners in Philly!