Girls,Why did you join FIRST???

[nehalita]

Our school joined FIRST last year and, to be honest, I showed up to a few meetings just so i'd be in the club and it'd "look good on my application." Besides, our school is an engineering magnet and being the nerd that eats lunch in my teacher's classroom and hanging out with other engineering kids, I heard plenty about it. Then, I heard there was programming and plenty of things for me to do but I never got a chance to participate because I was heavily involved with tennis (practice twice a week and games twice a week) and it was at the same time as all the meetings. It didn't seem possible to be able to be in two places at once.

This year, I decided to step up to the plate and got into what I was doing. I got my hand on programming and, although I could have done better, I'm still proud of what I have done. Relfecting back, I never thought I'd really get into FIRST -- maybe show up here and there but nothing big. Soon, I found myself working on FIRST related material in the morning, during lunch, and until 5pm every day and all of Saturdays. I can probably say I ate, breathed and lived FIRST. Now, I'm hooked on FIRST. I can't wait until next year =).