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Posted by Mike McIntyre.   [PICTURE: SAME | NEW | HELP]


Coach on team #47, Chief Delphi, from Pontiac Central HS and Delphi Automotive.

Posted on 6/13/99 3:44 PM MST


In Reply to: Re: Inspiration is not measured by time posted by mike aubry on 6/1/99 3:22 PM MST:



Inspiration may not be measured by time, but burnout sure is. The costs of this program go way beyond $. I don't see why the playing field plans and the software couldn't be handed out in the Fall so that teams could begin experimenting with the software and start field construction right away. The kit of parts could be shipped in late Fall so that coaches and engineers could begin teaching about the possibilities of each component in an unhurried manner. The actual game rules (and possibly an additional piece or two of the game field or kit of parts) wouldn't be given until the kickoff; the excitement would still be there and, since nobody could start building yet, the crazy burnout time is still limited to 6 weeks; with better pretraining of students, they would be better able to make meaningful contributions to the build job.