Are all girl FIRST team counterproductive to the philosophy of FIRST?

[toastnbacon]

In and of itself, there's nothing wrong with an all girl team. There are many things girls do better than guys, and vice versa. I think in the long run, these teams do a good thing for the program.

That being said, a team really looses something when it starts turning people down. Working based off of the idea that everybody should be in robotics, saying no to someone is a bit of an issue. Especially when the reason is based off of gender. It's not a matter of majority or minority, it's a matter of a neurological melting pot. By eleminating anyone, you loose that person's unique perspective. I don't think that's good for anybody. But again, the teams that end up being all girls don't share the same problem at all.

[bbradf44]

I think its good for an all girls school to have a team wgich would obviously be an all girls team, and same for all guy schools. I do feel like though, as a guy, mixed teams are a very good thing. When it came to crunch time this past season and only a handful of us kept showing up, it was myself, another team member (who's a girl), and a freshman. On our team all members whether be girls freshman or seniors are given equal opportunity