[Kristina]

Originally posted by Jordan
However, FIRST has given me more experience than anything else I ever could have done (and it has its own politics ).

Oh my goodness, yes! All of my friends make fun of me because I want to go into politics and I tell them just to look at what our team was like. I remember delegating committees, having team leaders, trying to please as many people as you could, compromise, dealing with very stubborn personalities, working with school administration, appeasing parents, etc. I did student government for 4 years in high school but I learned more about politics (and the fact that I could hack it) in my one year with FIRST.