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Re: Silliest Rule Ever by FIRST!!
Posted by soap108 at 2/8/2001 1:58 PM EST
Engineer on team #108, SigmaC@T, from Dillard & Taravella HS and Motorola. In Reply to: Silliest Rule Ever by FIRST!! Posted by Raul on 2/8/2001 9:11 AM EST: Valid arguements on both sides of the issue. When I first read Update #6, I also thought, "Hmmmm...buy stock in SPI...." Not that you don't or aren't, but remember- its getting the students interested in S&T that's "First", building a better robot is "Second", and winning is "Third". Must buy-in to the 'spirit' of the co-opertition, not 'spirit' of competition. p.s. Some rookies end up being very good. Also due to the institution of 'alliances,' (rookie) teams can build a robot that does one thing, get picked as an ally, and win an event. That tells me I must focus my energy on training students about good engineering practices/processes, and not win-win-win. SigmaC@T has used this theme with much success: (about 5 students interned at Motorola that summer, mainly due to How we mentored them) "Learning, not Winning." p.p.s. I do like the concept of divisions based on $ponsership, but doubt it will ever happen.....Rookie division vs. Veteran division seems more real to me....I feel this year's EPCOT is a testing ground for how FIRST divides teams into divisions in the future, both at Nationals and at the reginoals leading into it. "March Madness" will have a new meaning in the future. just my 108 cents, Kenny ;~) your thoughts? |
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