Students now compete for the jobs of the future
Last night I met an impressive team of brainy Wake County high school kids as they went over some last minute strategies before their trip to the NASA/VCU Regional Competition in Richmond Virginia, next week. When you think of teams, you may think of sports, but Team Awkward Turtle is competing in a different kind of gameLabeled the Superbowl of Technology or the ultimate mind sportThe rules of the game are framed by an international organization called FIRST or (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology); and each team only has a few week to train for the big game.
I come from the school of thought that robots are for the future. Boy have these kids proven me wrong! Watching how these young people strategize, program and operate such this technology at such an advanced level, made me think of how behind I am technologically. Our future is technology. These young people are our future. The rest of us need to catch up.
Check out the video to see what we talked about or visit MyNC.com and type in the keyword “team awkward turtle.”
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As grown ups there is a tendency of losing track of our younger generations capabilities. The Turtles and many like them are certainly a group that have the means to change those thoughts.
Go Turtles!
Good Luck,
Team Microbots
What a wonderful opportunity for students to learn teamwork and problem solving while having fun doing it. Good luck Awkward Turtles!
Nice to hear the great things area teens are involved in. This will help them in the future in a world full of technology competition.
It is so great to see you continuing your education with such enthusiasium! It is awesome to see such a large group working together. Good luck at the competition!!
Awesome to see community involvement and getting technology in the hands of our students. Thanks for doing this!!!
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Watch the hard work pay off. Great Job TAT!