[Ashley Weed]

I haven't ever seen this first hand, and when I was in high school I was always at competition for the pure love of competition and the robots. However, I wouldn't be so fast to attack the guys, and I'm not saying that they can't be to blame, because I know how they think, and I have heard enough stories in my days. This past weekend though was my first competition from the 'adult' viewpoint, and it was a shock. To see and hear girls "scoping" out guys, and wanting to take off from the team area to follow them or watch them was a shock. Seeing girls trying to get their team shirts tied as tight as possible to make their shirts smaller and shorter, and make themselves "stand-out".... hmm, maybe I'm just getting older, but they are asking for trouble if they draw that kind of attention to themselves.

I would hope the amazing individuals in FIRST can begin to acknowledge and correct this problem themselves.