Live and Let Live

[Andrew Schreiber]

Originally Posted by Steven Sigley

Couldn't have said it better myself.

You could have said it right... FIRST isn't about teaching, it's about inspiration. Inspiration can come from education but it can also come without it. I don't need to teach my students how to build a hardware PID controller. Only show them what it can do so they can become curious and want to learn how to do it. Some mentors/teams/students are inspired through education, others aren't or can't.

To me, if all a student learns in a given season is "I don't really like writing code" I consider it a success, the student was inspired to find what they are passionate about. That's my job here.

You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink. Our job is to make the horse thirsty.

[Steven Sigley]

Originally Posted by Andrew Schreiber

You could have said it right... FIRST isn't about teaching, it's about inspiration. Inspiration can come from education but it can also come without it.

It's all good man, I see them as complementary. Inspiration and Education go like Milk and Cookies.
I agree with you as well, If someone learns that they don't like something, then that makes their future easier as well helping them focus on what they do like and the steps they can take to learn that.

[darkMatt3r]

Agreed.

This is a very hostile topic, but i believe it's something that should be taken care of within each club. Not something that should be argued about between clubs.