FIRST Classroom Integration

[Pauline Tasci]

I think too much integration is a bad thing. Not all kids at every high school in the world want to be on a robotics team, they just are not passionate about it. And without a passion, FIRST is just a boring and time consuming.
Too much exposure to FIRST will not make kids want to join FIRST, actually it will do the opposite.
That being said, I do think there is room for some integration. For example, physics classes can do an experiment or two show real life scenarios. But, I still think a best way to integrate FIRST into classrooms is simply to add a robotics/engineering class. Where kids join because they have a slight interest in the field, and then they can use their science, math, and engineering skills to do things