[AdamT]

I too...am guy....

Our team only has 1 girls total out of 15 total students. And then we only have 2 girls that are non-administrative mentors. But anyways, our team really works hard to get everyone involved. A lot of people we have that come in, guys and girls, don't even know how to use a portable drill. We try very hard to get all these people involved and to teach them their way around the shop. By the end of this program, I hope that every one of our students know their way around the shop.

It makes me sad that we can only get this many girls to join our team. The two female college mentors are both veterans of FIRST and they get right in there. For some reason the girls just don't even give the program a thought. Maybe it doesn't help that our school system doesn't really support the program either.

On the other hand, the other team I mentor (825) is pretty evenly divided. I'm kinda curious how things will go when building really starts. At least one of the girls is one of the "Captains" of the team. She really gets in there, even though she admits she doesn't know much about mechanics and building. She wants to learn. And nobody on that team discourages the girls to get in there. Well, at least not that I've seen.

Sometimes people make me want to kick them really really hard in the shins.

I'm not making any sense any more...so if none of this made any sense then, I agree.