[Amber H.]

Amber's soap box part 4

What matters is that you find a way to learn the subject yourself; teacher or no teacher. Your life will change dramatically. Don’t you go out and do the same thing with FIRST when you need to learn how to do something to build your ‘bot, or make a presentation to a possible sponsor? You go out and find the info and learn it all by yourself.

This can very successfully applied to your school experience. I know because during my junior year in HS I was in a program that made me responsible for literally designing my own curriculum. When I got back into the regular school system I saw things a whole lot differently. Yes I was disgusted that my fellow classmates seemed like drones most of the time, but I made the most of what I had and would usually research stuff outside of class on my own (for no credit). I turned my own experience into a very fulfilling one. I don’t regret it one bit.

Whew! sorry that was so long everybody!