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Re: ...the vision of FIRST..
Posted by Greg Mills.
Engineer on team #16, Baxter Bomb Squad, from Mountain Home and Baxter Healthcare.
Posted on 7/12/2000 10:26 AM MST
In Reply to: Re: ...the vision of FIRST.. posted by Patrick Seeney on 7/12/2000 8:57 AM MST:
: : STUDENTS CAN DO IT! There are plenty of student-run teams out there...
:I agree 100% - but thats not the point. The competition should be as Woodie says 'a celebration instead of a competition'. If students are inspired by seeing what Engineers are capable of and they work harder in school because of that - then that is a good thing. If students are inspired by seeing what THEY are capable of and they work harder in school because of that - then that is a good thing. It doesn't matter how the robot performs but what the students get out of the program.
I personally feel that we have opened up complete new worlds to students by exposing them to things that they didn't have a clue exsisted. If you buy a gear and assemble it in the High School shop or you program and machine a gear on a five axis CNC machining center and then assemble it to a robot - the performance is the same. But is the experience for the student the same?
What is best for the 'Inspiration' of students is what is important.
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