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Re: Girls,Why did you join FIRST???
Hm, well, Tom sent me over from the guys starting in FIRST thread...funny how some us get lost
![]() Essentially I started becuase I heard about it from the girl I swam with freshman year. I needed a change, becuase I had a thirst for practical science that school science classes were barely providing me becuase I was above that level in interest. The choice to join was a difficult one. I was very very intimidated at first due to my lack of lab experience, and since I was doing a million and one things at once, decided to stick to a more laid back aspect. However, once I realized what I'd gotten myself into, laid back was no longer a priority. Involvement was a priority. I am now with a group of friends who can smile when I rant about Science Fair and Robotics Nationals simultaneously and who help me see what education really means in this crazy world. - Genia |
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Re: Girls,Why did you join FIRST???
I had always loved playing with legos as a kid, so when my elementary school was trying to start up FLL teams, I joined an all-girls lego league team in 5th grade. We stayed together all through middle school, and I found that I loved working on the lego robot and programming it to accomplish all of the challenging tasks.
When I was trying to figure out what high school to go to, one of my requirements was that it had a robotics team. I had been to see a few of the "big kid robotics" competitions, and knew that I wanted to do it when I was in high school. At our club fair day I went to the robotics booth, and they all immediately started encouraging me to join once they found out that I was a girl interested in robotics. And I've been a programmer on our team ever since! |
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