FIRST is an opportunity for the community to celebrate and recognize science and technology. Just refering back to Dean's speech at Kickoff, it's time to celebrate the scientists and engineers instead of movie stars and professional atheletes. To shift the attention to what really matters in the society, the people who make it possible for us to idolize celebrities that we do.
Personally, FIRST was a guiding light(excuse the cliche) for me through high school. I entered HS with no idea of what I wanted to do. I joined FRC just to see try it out, and after the season ended, I was hooked. There was no doubt in my mind as to what was going to do in life. FIRST was the start of my nerdom
FIRST is also a place were nerds can be nerds, where we are not ashamed to show off our brains. Think of it as a nerd sanctuary, if you will.
