A World of FIRST Day 2011!

[Cheerleader1073]

Originally Posted by chessking132

Great Idea, some FIRST people i talk say that they wont wear their robotics stuff out side of robotics for fear of being labeled a geek. But this event will show the world that being excited about science/engineering is just as cool as sports.

Awesome! Our team is very large (this year about 65 students and 35 mentors) so there's never a school day where at least one person isn't wearing their team shirt. I'm not sure what type of team you're from (for example, we're associated with our public high school made up of two small towns in NH) but I think what makes our members so proud to be a part of the team and wear team shirts all the time is because we make sure to get kids together to volunteer at local events (Old Home Days, our town's Strawberry Festival, anything put on by the Rotary, that kind of stuff) - not just the big-name events and definitely not just events having to to with science and technology, so in return we gain the entire community's support and everyone in the two towns that make up our high school district has at least heard of the FIRST team. I'm not sure if this is something you already do, but I think it really helps. Also, whenever we have a competition coming up we have a small message read in the morning announcements at school before the event and after the event saying how we did or what awards we won. Both the students and staff at our school know who we are and ask us how we're doing and respect us, I think it's because of the little local things rather than the big ones. Might take a couple years, we definitely weren't as genuinely spirited just a few years ago . I hope that helps!

Thanks,
Gen