What has the FIRST experience done for you?

[Jim McGeehin]

FIRST has done an unbelievable amount for me.

For starters, FIRST got me up and out of the house and doing something. I've met many interesting people, seen places that I have never been too, and done things I had no idea about.

I've worked on an engineering project, I've worked in public relations, and I've made many a presentation. I've driven a national champion robot (Lil' MOE forever!), taught the Delaware senator to do the same, and made so many new friends, local and abroad.

FIRST has taught me so much about myself. I never realized my own potential and capabilities until they were tested so rigorously in FIRST.

I never thought I was a leader until I was the head of a sub-team, I never thought I was a negotiator until I was a student ambassador, and I never thought how good a person I was until I was surrounded by people who have dubbed me Skippy.

FIRST showed me how to succeed at one of the most difficult, yet important things: Life.