Trip Vs. Robotics

[Jeffel]

Imagine you had a friend that invited you on a trip that you had never been on before and included one of your best hobbies or sports. The only catch is is that its during both your FIRST regionals..... do you skip the regionals and go on your trip or skip the trip and go to regionals....?????

[Justin_302]

i would have to go with robotics

[Arefin Bari]

Sorry, But Robotics is my first priority.

-Arefin

[MikeJ675]

That's a tough one, both are robotics
Probably FIRST, since there are more of the other kind during other parts of the year.

[sciencenerd]

Robotics. This will be my first year on a team, and I don't want to miss it.

[Erin Rapacki]

Regionals are my wicked awesome vacations!!!!

(save the trip for the off-season)

erin

p.s. You are seeking a YES/NO answer to a question that asks EITHER/OR. Poll results may be misrepresented. I am equating YES to REGIONAL.

[n0cturnalxb]

Are you kidding me? Regionals! I still can't quite understand why people won't give up their London trip to go to Regionals.. I don't get it. And they say they love first? Pfft!

.. haha, okay, maybe they do .. I'm just unhealthily obsessed about and consumed by FIRST. -shiftyeyed-

[Tom Schindler]

If the trip is a once in a lifetime opportunity, take it. FIRST will be around next year, regionals are not the most important thing in the world.

As one of my professors said yesterday on the first day of class, "take every chance you can to better yourself"

This includes skipping out on FIRST events if a better opportunity arises. I am missing almost all of the regionals and nationals (except weeks 1 and 2) since i will be in Denmark. it was a hard choice to make, seeing as i love going to FIRST events, but in the long run it'll be worth it.

Just my $.05..

Tom

[Roland]

I don't understand the poll options...yes, I would go to regionals or go on a trip...

[shyra1353]

regionals ... while exciting as the trip may be, i think regionals is more exciting. However, if you are sure that this trip is a once in a lifetime opportunity, and you will never get the chance to go to that place ever again or it is something like your grad trip where your whole grade is going, then go to the trip ...

how exactly is the poll question a yes or no answer ??

[Jack]

yea.. while i am chooseing to attend a regional over a spring break trip, i kinda wish first wouldn't schedule competitions during spring break (ie. the easter week). I know it can be hard with the changeing dates of easter and whatnot.. but I think they might get more attendance if they took a week off during spring break

my $.02

[Jeffel]

o sorry about that..... yes means you would go to regionals...

[Winged Wonder]

i'd go to robotics!!! trips can wait... i'd even prefer to skip prom if i could go to nationals!!

FIRST is definitely my priority.

[Jillian B.]

Of all years, I'd definetly take regionals over a trip. It's my senior year, and I want to be there for every minute of FIRST.

~ Jill

[Ryan Albright]

mmm this might be the wrong community to ask this question, everyone hear lives, eats, sleeps robotics.

Of course robotic competition nothing beats it