"Ten, fifteen, or twenty years from today, some kid in FIRST will have cured Alzheimer’s, or AIDS, or Cancer or built an engine that doesn’t pollute. Somebody will win the Nobel Prize. Look at these kids. They are the future. And we are part of it by helping them figure out what to do with their lives."
- Dean Kamen, founder of FIRST
Also, featured in a July FIRST newsletter, our project Manager Bill McGowan explains the success of FIRST in our schools
http://nycnjfirst.org/newsletter_mtolive.html
There's some great info. and quotes in there.
Another newsletter features an interview type thing with one of our very successful alumni. He also has a very interesting letter in there so feel free to read it.
http://nycnjfirst.org/dicicco_success_storyl.html
Hope your essay is amazing and please post it up when you're done. =)