Robotics Curriculum

[Jon Lawton]

Originally posted by Stephanie
... At my school (I dont' know about the others) we recieve science credits for being in robotics, although it isn't really run like a class. ...

It isn't run like a "class" *YET*. There is a strong push on the teacher-side to make our team more formal than I'd like to see happen, however. Yes, everyone but me gets science credits (San Jose Unified can't figure out how to deal with a student at one school taking classes at another, even though I've seen their computer system do it. I'm graduating High School early, anyhow.) I'm rather sick of hearing our adult leader *constantly* reminding us that **THIS IS A CLASS YOU GET A GRADE NOT EVERYONE GETS AN A**. It's almost as bad as hearing the adults yell at eachother. Yes, I'm somewhat bitter over this.

Some schools have managed to do this kind of stuff in a decent fashon, I believe. If you are planning on doing somthing similar, it sounds like a good deal, but *watch out*. It's *easy* for the administrivia to take over more than you're comfortable with. Just My Opinion.