[Jared Russell]

For several years, our team (341 Miss Daisy) has done bi-directional exchanges with FTC teams and high schools in Singapore. They have now come to visit us three times, and we plan on visiting them for the second time as a team in August.

Our head coach, Alan Ostrow (CD username: OZ_341) posted several threads and pictures that document our experiences.

The experience of having a group of Singaporean students cook us dinner at their hotel, and then singing to us, when they were over here made me break down in tears. Going over there was likewise one of the most eye-opening times of my life.

We've also been involved to a lesser extent with teams in Mexico.

With the globalization of FIRST, I strongly recommend that if you have the money, time, and dedication to support an inter-cultural exchange, you do so.

The experiences have changed my life - and the lives of both our students and the students abroad - in ways I didn't think possible.