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Originally Posted by MooreteP
I am an engineer who became a teacher and got sucked into the FIRST vortex in 1998.
My point here is that if you want to engage a mentor/teacher from your school:
1) Take them (be persistent and make it easy for them to accept an invitation) to a couple of off-season events.
Let them touch the vortex.
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This is a great point. I am an engineering professional, not a teacher. I started with
FIRST when my eldest daughter was recruited by her school's team. The
tipping point was when I took her to an off-season event (Ramp Riot 2005) and it was absolutely the coolest, most amazing thing I had ever seen. I had never imagined that I could walk into a school gymnasium at 8:00am on a Saturday morning and find about a thousand high school students
absolutely pumped over science and technology!
My children are all well past
FIRST. My youngest daughter graduates from University at the end of this month (Chemical Engineering). I'm still here and have never regretted taking the plunge.