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Unread 06-06-2003, 06:12
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Originally posted by Kristina
Sean330 linked me up to this thread because it's "totally my thread". And yes it is...

Right now I'm majoring in Political Science with an emphasis on International Relations or American Politics and maybe minor in public policy. That's what I love and I want to be a lawyer (no lawyer jokes, I already get them enough) or politics would be really cool too.

I think it's really important to bridge the gap between science and other subjects and FIRST did that for me. How are policy makers going to regulate technology if they don't have a basic understanding of it? How can judges ban certain scientific practices if they don't know what it is? They can't, science is everywhere and important. I think a lot of non-future-engineers get prejudiced in the FIRST program but its important for everyone to get a chance to be exposed. We're important too and bring a new perspective and gifts to each team. I know that I have such a great appreciation of science and technology through FIRST and have learned so many other applicable things for my future too.
its someone that shares my major...

next year at temple university ill be majoring in Political Science with a minor possibly in Sports Management, so i can become a sports agent. (Study Contract Law when i go to law school)

Now of course I would have loved to have been an engineer but i cant handle the math involved...im not what we call ind in that department.

I think FIRST needs to do something with their scholarship plan to hep the non-engineers out. I know the point is to draw attention to a dying field but there are more than just engineers helping with FIRST. I think a scholarship should be considered to anyone going into a major involving science or technology, or maybe some NEW scholarships that are aimed that way.
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