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Re: Girls on Teams
I'm guessing that your mentor is male, here. Try talking to your mentor and telling him that you do not appreciate his apathy. Apparently this mentor has lost sight of FIRST and most of what FIRST stands for- building the team. It stands for many other things as well, don't get me wrong, but this is most pertinent to the matter at hand.
Whether a team member is a guy or a girl makes no difference. The important thing is to ensure that each learns and becomes competent as well as inspired, leaving gender out of the equation. If a member of the team is being pushed down by other members, what does that make the team? As part of the Gracious and Professional organization that is FIRST, every team should be taking care of their own people, for it is the people which make up the team.
As for the boys, tell them that you do not appreciate it. This isn't a joke, and being FIRSTers, they ought to know better. These boys should know that you are capable, and should allow your competence to assist the team, instead of cutting off a vital resource.
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"There's no finer engineering than pit engineering." -kaszeta
"Show a girl how to use a wrench, and she'll put those skills to use for a lifetime. Hand it to her and tell her she's probably better off shopping, and she'll clonk you over the head with it, do your pneumatics system, and CAD the robot." -Amanda Morrison
 '09
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