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Re: What is "FIRST"?
FIRST is what you make of it.
Sponsors use it as a way to:
1. Garner public good will
2. Make their names known in engineering communities
3. Prepare potential engineers
Mentors use it as a way to:
1. Give back to the community
2. Teach
3. Enjoy free-form engineering where creativity, spontanaeity, and collaboration are actually applauded
4. Have a good time acting like highschoolers
5. Go on field trips
6. Improve their resume'
Students use it as a way to:
1. Improve their resume'
2. Learn about engineering
3. Go and field trips and get out of a couple days of school a year
4. Grow a network of friends that will last a lifetime
5. Have a great set of stories for college
etc.
What is FIRST? Well, first you have to tell me about whom we're talking. Everyone is motivated differently, and you have to understand their motivation to understand what FIRST is, from their point of view.
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