Lack of passion in scouting

[Ben Piecuch]

You may think that scouting is a commonplace term within a robotics team. But years ago, scouting wasn't all that big of a deal. With only a few hundred teams across the country, you knew exactly who did what, how they did it, and when they were going to do it. Now, maybe my memory is going as I get older, but I think it has to do more with the fact that there are MANY more teams now, and the regionals keep getting bigger and bigger. Teams SHOULD have a scouting group, and a knowledgable one at that. But, it still hasn't found its way into every program.

Please, it's better to educate than to ridicule. If you know more about their scouting sheet then they do, take a minute to explain what 6wd or 2x12" means. In the end, it'll help both of you out...

I am MORE than happy when other students come to look at and learn about our robot. I bring them over and have them stand right in front of the robot. Now, saying that, I do have to laugh at scouts who ask the most basic questions about our robot, when all they have to do is look at it. Particularly ones like:
"Does your robot have an arm?"
"How many wheels does your robot have?"
"How high do your ramps lift?" [we have no ramps...]

BEN