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Re: Gender Study About Robotics Teams

Team Specific Questions:

1. What is your team name and number?2177, The Robettes
2. Where is your team from?Mendota Heights, MN
3. What is the gender break down of your team? Specifically regarding:
A. Team Leadership:
Students? 3 female co-captains
Mentors? 3 Male, 2 Female
B. Drive Team: 100% Female
C. Pit Crew: 100% Female
4. Have you dealt with or seen a gender bias on your team? Please explain.The team is part of an all girls Catholic high school... I guess you could say there's a gender bias

Family Life Questions:

1. What is your gender?Male
2. What are your parents’ jobs/careers?Accountant/teacher
3. What is your career/your spouse’s career? (If applicable)Software Engineer
4. Do you have brothers and/or sisters? What are their hobbies/jobs?1 sister, Psychology
5. Roughly describe your childhood: (i.e. who did you spend time with, what types of toys did you play with)Pretty much normal growing up

Person Specific Questions:

1. Why did you join robotics?It sounded interesting, and was a good way to give back to the community
2. Why do you think that there are so few women working in science and technology fields?A lingering affect of "traditional" gender roles, dating back hundreds of years to when women didn't have jobs at all.
3. What do you do on your team?Mentor for electrical mostly, help out with programming/mechanical when needed.
4. What are your post high school aspirations? (Include college majors etc)Been living them for 10 years now
5. Have you considered going into a science or technology field? Why or why not?Already there, working for one of the major medical device companies
6. Have you ever been discouraged about your career aspirations? By whom? (Relation and gender, no names please) Nope. As my mom puts it, she new I would be an engineer when I was 5 and asked why some plugs had 2 prongs, and others 3!
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