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Originally Posted by adias.angel
The power of FLL is not from the competition but from the experience. Going through the research, the leadership and the robot are all part of an great learning and growing experience. I have students that are in 4th grade and it has never bothered them once that there are 14 year old students on the team. They are very happy to learn from the older kids and grow with them.
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I'm an alumni of the program, I know the experience quite well. I can tell you by the time I was 13 in the program I was BORED. This jives with other folks I know of who, after years in FLL, wanted to just move on to bigger robots. (This was all pre FTC/Vex)
...we might be able to take the 'out' out of 'outsourcing' - if we all share a strong cultural set of values, who exactly is 'out'? I think FIRST is a great way to do this, ... - Ian Mackenzie [more] 
21-05-2015, 15:15
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