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Post by Yubon Peatlejuice on Apr 21, 2016 0:34:34 GMT
Just wondered if any Pea kids were in this and what the time commitment is. Around here it's ridiculous - like 4 hours several nights a week - but the kids love it.
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Post by lisa on Apr 21, 2016 0:42:14 GMT
My daughter does it and loves it. The weeks before competition they do spend a lot of time working and many late nights. our team is already done for this school year though.
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Post by Yubon Peatlejuice on Apr 21, 2016 0:45:55 GMT
My daughter does it and loves it. The weeks before competition they do spend a lot of time working and many late nights. our team is already done for this school year though. when do they find time for homework?
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Post by supersoda on Apr 21, 2016 1:01:20 GMT
Our kids are required to put in at least 10 hours a week, but most do much more than that during the build season. The kids are often up there from the time school is out at 4:00 until 9 or 10 pm, and then all day Saturday and sometimes on Sundays. It's almost impossible to balance with other extra-curriculars that fall during the same season (January to April).
We have had to force DD to pull back on occasion when her grades have started to slip, and I know other parents have done the same. Grades aren't a huge problem,though, because the robo kids tend to be the smart kids. Our team is pretty much the top 10% of the class. They also help each other out a lot with homework. Some of those kids have saved DD's hide in her math classes, and she is always editing their English papers.
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Post by pridemom on Apr 21, 2016 1:16:49 GMT
My son was on his team in high school. Build season is January and February. He'd be at school until 10-12 pm. They even had moms rotate bringing dinner to the team. The team is competitive and they must keep up on their studies. It's very time consuming. You can't do a winter sport if you sign up, there just isn't time.
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Post by lisa on Apr 21, 2016 1:21:14 GMT
My daughter also has a chronic illness, so when it gets too much, she has to pull back and take a day off. She does all of the computer programming of the robot, so many times she is there all day and brings the lap top home to work on things. We are a small school though with only around 15 on their team. She knows though, that home work has to come first, if her grades suffer she would have to pull back a little, but it's never happen. She has always maintained her honor roll status thankfully.
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