"That idea was spurred by a meeting with former Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Perez who told Kamen that he had decided that teaching children history was the wrong way to go; it only further cemented old rivalries and disagreements. Students, he told Kamen, should only learn science and math, because they are the same for everyone, there is not interpretation based on background, ethnicity, etc. Perez told Kamen they needed a Middle East FIRST program. Now they have one."
taken from the article
that is one of the most convincing arguments and most beautiful statements I have ever heard about FIRST, and to think, it came even from someone who had not even participated in the program. Imagine what the world could be like if every leader, or even former leader espoused the FIRST philosophy. Kinda makes me wish I was actually going into engineering
instead of business/law.