EXAMS

[Gabe]

On Thursday I finally finished final exams. It's miserable not to be able to work on the robot because you have to study for finals; it's even worse how when I am trying to study I can think of nothing but robots. I envy the teams that have final exams before build season; I bet they also have good robots, too.

[rohit]

We have exams this week. But we do robotics anyways

[Seto Kaiba]

The kick-off to the new season has always been followed by the kick-off to midterms the following week.

[stuntman551]

MY school had exams the first week of the build season so we met every day at 12:15 so we could still get some work done. we left by 5 each day so everyone had time to study.

[Joohoo]

we have midterms all this week as well. We haven't had any problems with snow closing stuff down atleast not yet it does inhibit our team meeting attendance but the way I see it, I need to do well in school and it would be nice to work on robotics durring this week but school comes first.

[Daru]

Bwahaha... Our school exams are next week, wednesday through thursday. Each day we only have 3.5 hours of exams, so we get a good six hours of worktime all week this week. We have off on Friday, so we get a full day on friday and saturday...

The school lets us meet. Unfortunantly, we're kicked out of the school after school hours if there isnt a sporting event going on. The school opens for sporting events, but not for us. B.S.


I wanted our chassis done by the end of last week... if it's not done by the end of this week, with all the work time we get, I think I will go nuts

... Even though it's entirely my fault... $@#$@#$@#$@# myself for mismeasuring those transmissions! And $@#$@#$@#$@# the schools welder which for some reason doesn't work! ~frusturation~
[edit] the censors make it seem like I said something much worse than I actually did... can't believe that's censored. O.o

As for the snow.. We got somewhere around 8-10 inches of snow today... just one day too early, we could have had a full work-day tomorrow too

[BandChick]

Our team has exams mid-build every year. They are this coming week for our kids, actually. The general rule of thumb is a) we don't meet until 2:30 (school gets out at 12 during exam week) b) everyone goes home by 5:15 latest. This gives the kids ample time to get in PLENTY of studying. School HAS to come first, and it's something we always strive to focus on.

[fluffy]

our school is on trimesters, so our exams start the week after the build season is over. we get to go from one stressfull time(the ship date) to exams. how lovely

[dancingfool]

We had our exams this past week and the meetings were optional instead of mandatory as usual. Most of the team showed up anyway and during any "downtime" we got out our books and studied.

[burkey_turkey]

our exams just started. it was so hard to take the physics exam right next to the shop. i was itching to go inside and work some the entire time, i couldnt focus on the test. luckily we have a meeting tomorrow so all the parts that have been coming in during the off time can be put to use.

[Andrew1742]

Many oklahoma teams lost at least a week of build time due to inclimate weather, and some even went without power for a week or more.
Shipping hassles and icy roads set us back 7 days, but we were lucky enough to atleast be at home with the heater and tv on.

[JudyVandy]

Our first year as a 'home town' team, rather than a commute to team, where we were on the road for 4 hours per day, was a year of snow storm after snow storm. I think we lost almost a third of our build days that year. We pulled it off, and built a robot!

Exams are an issue. We continue to meet, telling kids to be there when they can and let their adult school mentors know when they need to prep for exams and they're excused. We're a five school team, different schools have slightly different schedules, so there's never a day when nobody's there, but some days the student population is thin. Saturdays are always full!

Weather is usually an issue, too. So far this year, we've been lucky!

[Sayrah]

We have always been fortunate enough for our semester exams to be before the holiday break. We have a new state law that takes effect the 2007-2008 school year that prohibits schools from starting before 14 days prior to Labor Day which means that 1st semester exams will be January 15-17 for Orange County Schools -- 10 days after kickoff. BUT, following exams we will have a 4-day weekend.

[Goldeye]

Our finals are this coming week. We're taking Sunday and Monday off because just about everyone has a final that day. Aside from that, meetings just about every day.

As for snow. It did snow lightly yesterday but we all ignored it on the ground today.
Even when it does snow badly, we still have meetings.

[Imprudent]

All of the Canadian teams in Ontario are faced with this dilemma - and our exams are a week and a half, so we only get 4.5 weeks of build time, which makes it quite stressful, on top of the stress from the actual exams