FIRST and grades

[hiyou102]

Earlier this year, at the Western Canada regional, I was doing the interview portion of my Chairman's Award presentation and I was asked an interesting question. The judges asked if our students membership on the team had improved their grades. I thought this was odd since from my experience being dedicated to the team had a negative or neutral effect on grades for our students. As much as we may wish that the stuff you do in FRC was used in school, this seems to be rarely the case. Additionally, build season should get you behind in school because much of your time is occupied and there is little time to do homework and study.

I'm wondering how FRC has impacted you and your students grades?