Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #10122
To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: Robert Stein rastein@dakotacom.net
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 1998 21:59:30 -0700
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: BEAM at school
At 10:19 PM 2/11/00 -0500, you wrote:
> Speaking of getting BEAM into the school community, I'm currently
> working
>towards getting a robotics club at my high school. I don't know if many will
>be interested but if we can get around 5 people to become serious members, it
>would be worth it. The only thing I fear is that we'll have many people
>getting into it just for the "coolness" of robotics but once they realize it
>actually requires learning and thinking, they'll drop it. Those that remain
>might feel pressure to drop it after all their buddies do.
> The pros if this works out would be great. Building in the physics lab
>every week or so, solar roller races, perhaps even group trips to the BEAM
>Games or workshops. Now if I can only get this thing started...
>
>-Brien the TurtleTek
...............And I thought I was the only physics GEEK
here.......
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