To Kate,JJ and other frustrated players

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Posted by Tim Murray, Student on team #126, Gael Force, from Clinton High School and NYPRO inc..

Posted on 5/9/99 7:52 AM MST


In Reply to: School credit for robot building posted by Andrew Trax on 5/8/99 4:42 AM MST:



: 'But I noticed one thing at 2007...the students are doing the
: design process FOR COURSE CREDIT....'


: Some high schools have incorporated FIRST into the curriculum. It isn't
: just an after school activity.
: You make an excellent point. The level of time, money and effort is
: dispropportionate to the school credit some of the students receive. But
: I really believe that as more high schools get involved, we may see the
: robotics teams competing weekly against other local high schools just as
: the sports teams do.
: What if the kits and rules were available to classrooms in September. Maybe
: even the previous year's kits. Call them 'non-national team kits' and a reduced
: price. Spread them throughout a school district and make it intramural.
: Leave participation in Regionals and the National as an option. But make
: the game a local sport as well. It would almost be an 'Advanced Lego League'.
: And isn't that the real goal? To make science and technology as exciting
: and rewarding as any sport?

: Mrs. Trax

You're absolutely right! I believe that playing time will increase
as regionals increase and the best way to do that is by helping
FIRST grow. The idea with the kit and giving them out at the
fall sounds great to me. That's probably the best idea i've heard
on this forum so far. We're a couple years away from dividing up
into divisions and going into all of this far-fetched stuff that
people on this forum often write about. But for now, one way to
make things fair and get more teams seems to be right in Mrs. Trax'
suggestion. I hope FIRST heard that idea!

Tim