[Erin Rapacki]

Oye... where can I start,

I only know about FIRST because of my sophomore Algebra 2 class. A senior in the class forced me to switch seats with him because I sat closer to his friends than he did... i didn't mind switching.

I switched into a seat that was right next to a kid who found math too easy, and he was on Buzz at the other high school in my town. He told me about FIRST.

So from a confused high schooler who didn't know what she wanted to do with her life... she is now the key person in organizing a huge offseason competiton with a kind of certainty that she'll here back from DEKA with a coop job offer next week. I'm at a school I love (only know about NU cuz their team won nats in 2001), I enjoy engineering, and I'm doing things I enjoy... with a world of opportunity at my fingertips.

I'll say this again... FIRST did everything possible for me that was good, and I'll stick by that.