Shafted again

[Beth Sweet]

Originally Posted by Justin

What do I mean...do we really need that guy riding in on a motorcycle?? And telling us about how great he is because he owns it and a really cool car?? Is that the message that FIRST is trying to send?? Be an engineer you'll get cool stuff??

Quite frankly Justin, yes, I do believe it is. The intent of FIRST is to inspire kids to go into technical and science careers. If we can make kids say "wow, engineers are cool, they drive cool cars and do cool stuff" then yes, I do believe that our objective has been achieved.

I agree that animation is underrepresented, especially after hearing all what has been said in this thread, however, I think that it is very important to keep students thinking engineers are cool. Bring those awards back to the main ceremony by all means, but leave the guys trying to inspire students alone please.