The benefits of FIRST

[Lisa Perez]

Another thing that's really great about FIRST is that it gives everyone the opportunity to work with each other and bring the best out of everyone to achieve one similar goal! Sure, we can do that on other teams... But FIRST is so different in that even if we lose, we're still happy because we've learned something. And it's fun ALL THE TIME. Everyone gets an equal opportunity.

[Ryan Morin]

Hey everyone thanks again for all the help and I hope to get more posts out of this thing. Give me what ever you want from personal experiences to something you've read anything that you think is a benefit of FIRST and hey you might just be quoted in my paper.

[JakeGallagher]

I think the proper question would be something more along the lines of:
If you can think of three, what are the things that haven't been benefits from FIRST?

Almost everything that has happened to me in FIRST has either been a simulation of the real world, or has given me skills that can help me after I graduate (I say almost because there is always an exception to every rule, and though I can't think of one now I know it's there).

[Ryan F.]

I've learned so much in one short build season that I couldn't even begin to explain it all. I've gone from seeing something and just thinking wow, to seeing it and thinking, how could I make that? Or a lot of the basics on the robot that I would have to call a mentor over to help me on, I could now probably do in my sleep.