Technology and its future role in highschools...

[Not2B]

Originally Posted by ashley

Do any of you guys think that things such as robotics would/could eventually take over the role of sports like football, basketball etc... or become more important?

Nope. I don't think it will take the role of, or become more important than, sports.

1) We all think that it's super important to learn about technology. But there are people who also think it's super important to get people to exersise instead of programming a device to do physical activity for people. We are becomming an overweight nation (myself included). Think how much pizza you probably ate during build - that's not even close to healthy.

2) Fancy technology intimidates most people. Maybe because most people never had a chance to learn about technology... ah, but that's another topic...

3) A group of kids can go outside, and with a few dollars, start playing baseball or basketball or football. How much did YOUR team spend last year? (Don't answer that, we don't want to know.) Even if you wanted to do robotics on your own, you still need some money.

But I hope that robotics and other tech-activites can get more recognition (and I think that they are.) But I don't think it would, or should, take the place of sports.

After all, my younger sister has to crush me in something... (swimming, running, biking, volleyball, etc...)