FIRST and good grades

[Anne Lam]

I know there had been discussions on Chief Delphi where students say that their grades fall during robot season because of one reason or another.
However, to my surprise when I got my report card earlier this week, the only time I ever got a decent grade in math was the quarter during robot season (I'm not going to tell you what I got before and after but it was a big difference ). I don't think it was because the lessons were easier, we acutally had a heavier work load because the teacher wanted to finish the text book. And after robot season, I got back that oh so familar letter I see so often on my report card. So I was wondering has this happened to anyone else, where doing FIRST has actually been a positive thing for your grades? I am not only talking about math, but other subjects as well.