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Re: One more thing...
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Wed, 26 Nov 2003 05:36:43 GMT
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Calum Tsang wrote:
> Here's one. I was at my first FLL event tonight-I'm a Technical Judge for the
> Ontario Regional this Saturday. Another judge was my prof in statistics-none
> other than the great Professor Benhabib. He was simply put the funniest prof
> I've ever had back when I took his class like six years ago.
Benhabib! Agreed, he is one of the funniest profs ever. I took both 2nd year
statistics and 4th year robotics from him. I think he's going to be one
hard-assed judge though. He is VERY particular about how you explain things.
Poor kids.
> Anyways, some notes:
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> -The FLL Mars challenge IS HARD stuff!
Yes it is. Especially for kids. The logic is not difficult, but the execution
is.
> -Kids don't have the experienced based preconceptions of what can and can't be
> done unlike adults do.
Thats where the coaches come in, like me :)
> As a result, they don't burden themselves with the
> One True Way most hackers/engineers think of.
Do you mean they can think more creatively because they don't know the "one true
way"?? That might be a good thing.
> -Kids are smart.
Yes, but they have really short attention spans. Robotics requires a lot of
patience.
See you Saturday.
Rob
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| (...) Actually, he agreed to mark more generously because they're kids at the suggestion of the FLL organizer. I can't help but wonder how I got my mark in that second year course now :) He also knows you're coming, I mentioned it. Felix Wong, a MIE (...) (21 years ago, 26-Nov-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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