I've gotten a couple parents reaching out about their kids' FIRST Lego League projects, pitching designs that seem a little too advanced for a kid's project (ie, ideas that feel advanced for me with a PhD in this stuff to take on, never mind a fourth grader). I have been trying to steer them back towards ideas that would be more appropriate and engaging for kids. Is it an open secret that many parents are doing their kids' projects for them, propped up with AI?
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@AdrianRiskin we made our mission out of Lego actually 😊 apparently in recent years CA has corrected a bit from the over-teaching of the Mission era, but many schools still build the mission
@dantheclamman I think @HayiWena was a middle school science fair judge last year and noticed a bunch of stuff like this maybe?
@dantheclamman yep, parents "helping" with projects is a whole thing.
I've seen 3yos enter Easter Bonnet competitions with hats more precisely and perfectly decorated than I could have managed. Definitely not made by 3yos!
@jetlagjen my dad (an engineer) did help me when I built a circuit for my fourth grade science fair. But I found that cool and he didn't think up the project, I wanted to do it.
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California Fourth graders have to study the Spanish missions, which always include a diorama. I'm still mad at Danny Dibble, whose dad so obviously made his, and that was 1972.