[Jeremiah Johnson]

Ahh yes... I too agree with the flaw in the student judging. I made our animation this year and it was the first time i have ever touched the program. Sure there is an award for rookie teams that havent submitted an animation but not for those that have no training in it. Team 967 must have an awesome animation team because I said and I quote, "The animation was awesome. It was Shrek worthy." I had so much hope for the animation that I worked on on myself (with a little help with music and movie maker). My parents were sadenend when I told them that I gave them the best score.

I will be at Chicago too but I don't have as high hopes as I did in St. Louis. Don't get me wrong I love animating and FIRST, in fact I was just accepted TODAY to the Illinois Institute of Art - Schaumburg, but the system is flawed. Although, I have no cure for this problem I do hope that it gets fixed so that my predecessors (spel?) have a chance. I hope that I will not be able to be back to mentor, that's a good thing b/c I would be able to afford college, and my fellow partner in crime should be able to learn it over the summer and mentor next year.

There's some cents, a little more than the $0.02 I should have.