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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For all those following the conversation about how DCI robotics is wonderful and Walls robotics is "not very good," assuming it even exists...

We have data!

This weekend, DCI and Walls competed in the same robotics competition.

Walls was not at the top. They came in 30th out of 34 teams.

DCI was so much better!!! They came in 26th out of 34 teams.

Make sure to send your kid to DCI or their future on STEM is toast.

(My own view: A lot of factors go into becoming a winning team -- it's not as simple as just the student's tech savvy.  The preparation and competition is a valuable learning experience. Congratulations to both teams for doing the hard work!)[/quote]

To be fair, one competition doesn’t make a very good data point.  If you know anything about robotics, things can go great or things can go wrong with your robot or issues come up. Above is disappointing based on past performance.

You need to look at the big picture.  I was not there this weekend but season is not over and there are other competitions and wait and see how teams do.

But I do know that DCI’s high school team was the only team in all of the DMV that advanced last year to districts.  After districts is works competition. They also won a number of awards. Will see how they will ultimately do this year.

Also 1 of the 2 DCI middle school team this year advance to regionals.  It was the only school team in the DMV to do that.  They did not advance to world championships but regionals is a big accomplishment. [/quote]

Some posters clearly just need to boost DCI no matter what data points are presented.[/quote]

I’m the PP and I am providing facts and context.

It’s obvious the PP above is not in the robotics world.  These kids are making new robots to new challenges every year.  It’s a work in progress, and things can absolutely go wrong in a competition or an issue comes up with your robot. That is why the teams have time to fix, modify, and change things on their robots during the competition.

Not doing well in 1 competition does not give you the big picture and why I provided the facts and context.

PP is stating that the 2 schools robotics team are similar and that basically if you are interested in robotics/STEM, it’s equivalent. It is not because of the context.  Above is not a good showing for DCI and I provide context as to why and maybe the reason.

It’s a fact that DCI robotics does better than any public or private school in the city by past performances in competitions.  Facts are not boosting.

PP was the one that initiated this conversation, and I responded with what I knew being in the robotics world.  It’s obvious PP is not.

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