We are totally not ready. Should the team still attend?

None of our teams are ready either.

If all your robot does is cut cookies for two and a half minutes.

YOU SHOULD ATTEND

We only have one mission programmed that only delivers the blue quilt squares some of the time.

YOU SHOULD ATTEND

Our research project never really got off the ground.

YOUR SHOULD ATTEND

We haven't shared our research with anyone.

YOU SHOULD ATTEND

There is no way this group of kids will be successful in the teamwork room.

YOU SHOULD ATTEND

The entire team has a deadly contagious illness.

OK, STAY HOME  (That was a joke)

It is not about what we win, it is about what we learn.  After several years of experience I can tell you it is the teams that do not win that are the most successful in subsequent years.