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Re: Girls are still undermined?
As always, any student on a team that does a job whether it be work on the robot or work away from the robot is still very much part of the team. We try to get the art club involved on the team... mostly girls doing mostly artsy things, but there is nothing wrong with that as Beth has said. One girl on the art club even helped out with the team animation the past two year, Fantastic. The past two years I have made attempts to get the school cheerleaders to partner with us to help show spirit at competition. UCF 05, only one of the girls came from the squad and was in the stands yelling just as much as anyone else on the team. This year she has been one of the most dedicated students on the robotics team so far. I am expecting that she will keep with it this year and even start to learn some mechanical work while also showing some interest in some of the chairman's work as well.
My point being this, Robotics is full of jobs for everyone; Come for the desk work, stay for the build.
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