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Re: Why is it that not many girls are into robotics?

I'm not sure if this is how it is at every high school, but at ours, there are a lot of reasons why girls don't go into robotics

1. Robotics is beaten down by EVERYONE at the two schools our team comes from. It is said to suck up resources, space, and money from the schools, which it does not. Everyone says sports are way more important than FIRST, and that our team is pointless and a waste of time. The only people in our school that even know we've won the championship, are already on the team.

2. Girls at our school can only be "popular" if they wear a certain style of clothing, act a certain way, and hang out with certain people. They have to either play soccer, basketball, lacrosse, or field hockey. They have to be attractive. At our school, joining the robotics team is "social suicide".

Overall, I think one of the problems is that girls are molded, at least in our society, to become nurses, house-wives, etc. Society as a whole looks down upon girls who want to be engineers. That's why FIRST is so important. It teaches kids that engineering is cool, and it is the future. FIRST is a sport to all of us, and it's fun. We just have to show girls, and people in general, that it isn't just for nerds. Robotics and engineering as a whole is for anyone who is interested in it.
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