[Stephen Kowski]

going straight from high school to college starting a team in my freshman year I will throw my two cents in.....

I'm with George in the fact that doing FIRST makes me happy....I could work harder in certain classes, but it is doubtful I would use that time productively.....

I cannot say it was easy to start this team (with RogerR's help), but hey if one person is affected how I was by FIRST I believe I did my job....

This is my first FIRST team that I've started, but I sincerely doubt it will be my last.....it is a lot of responsibility, but the companies nowadays are looking for leadership qualities.....a 4.0 is nice, but being able to put together projects start and finish them is what industry is really looking for.....

FIRST i believe is one huge driver for networking and industry contacts with this people in companies knowing who I am and what I've done and have no doubt that I can do the job.....basically I won't have to search for a job when i get my degree.....I will have jobs waiting for me.....

Overall the pressure and responsibility are worth it in the long run imho.....there are my two cents

now hopefully more ppl will come to USF to help start more teams, and work with the existing ones.....