Bill's Blog July 27, 2011

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by sgreco

Let's not lose sight of the point of this program. FIRST is meant to inspire. If kids feel involved by their own standards, that's a solid step in the direction of inspiration. All this survey did was ask if they felt involved, and it seems that most students do. Being inspired has nothing to do with standards of involvement set by people on these forums.

I'll take a dozen students who actually take a vested interest in the design, construction and success of their creation over 30 kids who could care less if the robot works or not so long as they get to miss a few days of school any day.