[Daniel_LaFleur]

I believe Mr. Teschler misses the real point about Dean Kamen and FIRST.

A society gets the things that it celebrates. If we celebrate sports (like football) and celebrities, then that is what our society will produce.

The US was built on hard work and inventiveness, that is what we used to celebrate. Look at the 'heroes' of the past from the US. You will find scientists (Alexander Graham bell, Albert Einstein, Tomas Edison), Philosophers (Ben Franklin, Tomas Jefferson) and entrepreneurs (Vanderbilt, Carnage). Look at today, who are our 'heroes'? The media will point to sports athletes and celebrities. Its my belief that Dean Kamen wants to change that and to start celebrating those from science and technology again.

Is engineering glamorous? Only if we, as a society, make is glamorous.