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Re: VEX on MTV's Made...
I was able to get through the majority of the show I believe. I have a feeling the valley girl image was overplayed, but I am impressed with her willingness to miss practice and games of her sport to go to a general engineering club meeting. I love how this gets FIRST, robotics, and engineering into the eyes of the group of kids that need to see it most. I believe it did send a strong message that science, engineering, and robotics can be fun even to the "pretty, popular, and partier" extreme of high school society. I'm not entirely sure it captured the proper feel of a FIRST competition; they emphasized the stressfulness of competition and none of the cooperation among teams, or acceptance of people from all walks of life that I believe is somewhat unique in an organization. Great job to Rob for a very worthwhile project of mentoring a student and helping her break the stereotype.
All and all, excellent show, this can't do anything but help.
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Orlando Regional Planning Committee
FIRST Tech Challenge Florida Leadership Team
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Events I'm Emceeing/Game Announcing:
1/10/2015 FTC Jacksonville League Championship
1/11/2015 FTC Central FL Tesla League Championship
1/17/2015 FTC South Florida League Championship
1/24/2015 FTC Tampa/St. Pete League Championship
2/7/2015 FLL Orlando Regional
2/14/2015 FTC State Championship
2/26-2/28/15 FRC South Florida Regional
3/8/2015 FLL State Championship
3/12-3/14/15 FRC Orlando Regional
4/22-4/25/15 FIRST World Championship Event - FTC Franklin Field
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