[Elyse Holguin]

1. Definitely taught me teamwork, and nothing is as important im college as being able to work in a team. Another thing I got from FIRST was leadership, which is something just about every kid involved with FIRST is going to get, because we all know what should be done on the team, and get to work on it.
2. Not as technichal, but public speaking in an impromptu setting, you never know who's going to ask you something about your robot, and you NEED to be prepared.
3. How to not give myself an aneurism, how to get along in a group.
4. Given the Following list, list each skill by order of importance.
(1)Commitment, (2) Being open to the ideas of others, (3) Planning, (4) Compromise, (5) Delegation
5. The most difficult? Not being able to put everything you wanted on the robot. Oh wait, that was because of the weight requirement. So the most difficult thing was meeting the weight requirement.
6. The 2 most important things about being on a team for me, even more than the wealth of skills that come along with FIRST, was meeting people who will be my lifelong friends, and giving all of us something meaningful to do with our time. These days, it's so much easier to be a slacker, to dropout, or get involved with the wrong things. Personally, I have a lot of friends from middle school who are parents now. Helping me find a direction away from all of that was really important.
7. Like I said before, robotics teams are helping kids find a direction in their lives and getting them involved in something meaningful, that they can be important in, so it's important to see that they stay around.
8. Besides financial aid, our sponsors were our mentors on our team, and it was nice to work one-on-one with such great people.
9. The same things that make a good mentor are what makes any good leader: determination, optimism, responsibility, trustworthiness and honesty, charisma, and knowledge. A good mentor will get in there with a bunch of kids (who all have different interests and agendas) and bring them all together so that everyone gets along happily.