Percentage of Work Done by Students.

[daviamp]

Hello All,

I am writing not only to congratulate everyone at the Great Lakes Regional over last weekend, but also to say how unhappy I was to see how much work on so many robots was actually done by engineers. I know that FIRST is For The Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology, but you can Inspire students without showing them how to do everything perfectly. The thing that I saw at GLR was The big 3 automakers proving themselves. I feel that they already have a competition for their engineers to prove themselves its called the autoshow. Our team feels that to truly Inspire the students they should prove themselves which I think that we do every year. The teams robot was 95% Designed, Engineered , and Built by the students. Our engineer and mentors are there simply to provide guidance where it is needed, to make sure that no one loses too much blood while working on the robot. I pat those on the back who did well at the competition and hope that others will let me know your feelings on the matter.

Thank-You,
David Lamp
Team 1254
3rd Year
College Mentor