[purplehaze357]

I dont typically answer the question of the week but this one seems to catch my attention

First of all, I like the fact that you didnt limit it to just students, rather you included engineers and mentors in the queston. My personal experience with FIRST has allowed me to make the type of friendships that take years to devolop. FIRST seems to accelerate the friendship process, finding the one common interest that you look for in the beginings of a "true" friendship.

I have met people throught the FIRST experince that I never would have had a chance to. Ranging from individuals, to whole teams, to engineers and OMG even teachers. Who woulda thought a high school kid would befriend a 35 year old teacher and share things that youre typically "not allowed" to tell a teacher, they still dont wanna know...hehe...

I have recently come to realize that my best friends (for the most part) are the ones that I've gained through FIRST.

Once again thank you FIRST for everything.