College Students: How is your experience in FIRST?

[George1902]

Originally Posted by Ken Leung

How is your experience in FIRST? How involved are you in FIRST? How is FIRST affecting your school work? Do you honestly thing college students can handle the load of being a student, and being a team leader?

I've been a FIRST mentor since leaving high school. I haven't been involved; I've been comitted. (i.e. look at your basic bacon and eggs breakfast... the chicken was involved; the pig was comitted)

My school work has suffered tremendously as a result of FIRST. But you know what? I don't really care. My life is much more enriched, and I hope the kids' lives are better for it, too. I have good enough grades that I don't get kicked out of school. I consider FIRST a better preparation for teaching than any class I've taken. And I'm happy, which is all that really matters in the end.

If you feel that you can handle FIRST and don't mind the sacrifices, I say go for it. 20 years from now, I doubt you'll look back and say, "I wish I had graduated one semester earlier instead of doing FIRST."