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Re: Girls,Why did you join FIRST???
i joined because people from all over the place was tlling me that i would like it because im currently in an after school program called TSA(or technology student association) where we basicaly do competitions including robotics which this year is my second time doing it where with first we have alot of members and with the tsa robot we only have two people working on this funcinal r/c robot. i now am enjoying working with two different robots and working with alot of new people. now im just called the evil robot lady. lol
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Re: Girls,Why did you join FIRST???
Why did I join FIRST?
Hm. Well. I hadn't even heard about it until I started shadowing at different highschools. I was looking at attending a specialty center for Engineering, and they required their students to participate. I attended a meeting, and went to the following competition. Instantly I was in love. I always hated Sports because the chick that worked out more was better, and battles of the brains were too competitive for me. When I joined the FIRST Robotics team at DRHS I was just in it because I wanted to go to Competition. I ended up being the Programmer for this year, and quite possibly the next three. I didn't start looking at how many girls were at FIRST until I was at VCU. I'm one of 2 girls that actually helps with the build of the Robot. The other one is quite annoying and hardly ever there. I didn't think anything of it until I got to VCU Regional and there were only 7-10 teams out of 61 that had more than 1-2 girls on their team that did more than cheerlead. I am an advocate for team spirit any day of the week. However, there is nothing I love more, as a "nerd chick" than to see more girls getting more assertive in the technological field. ^_^ Why, once I even had the pleasure of meeting Woody, and he told me how great it is to see girls out in the pits working on the bots. And as a side note: I did not intend to join first to meet guys, but when you're babysitting the bot while the rest of your team is out eating lunch... Sometimes they are just drawn to you. o_o No lie. It is not a reason. It is a perk. ^_^ Sara ![]() |
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Re: Girls,Why did you join FIRST???
I ended up joining FIRST, because I was in FLL first. My future robotics lead teacher often popped his head into our meetings and nagged us to join the robotics team when we got to high school. Therefore I immediately signed up. Since I've entered FIRST, I've fallen in love with engineering and I hope to major in biomedical engineering when I get to college.
GO TEAM 677!!! p.s. see what you've started dain? |
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Re: Girls,Why did you join FIRST???
I joined FIRST because I was in a lego league team in 8th grade...and one of the mentors (who is also a mentor for the highschool robots team) kept bugging me to come see what FIRST was all about. I'm glad I listened to him. But it's interesting because in 8th grade I didn't want to do Lego League, but two of my friends were doing it and told me it would look good on a highschool application so do it...and I did. I ended up staying with it longer than either of them, and now I can't get enough...go figure haha.
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Re: Girls,Why did you join FIRST???
i joind couse an frend told me and i relized it will give me some skilld in the mettle shop thet i wouldent have learnd befor
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Re: Girls,Why did you join FIRST???
I've always liked building things...I played with Legos a lot when I was a kid, but they really annoyed me because I would run out of pieces or not have the right size, and it's hard to cut up Legos. Had to improvise with things like erasers and duct tape =P
But now, I have POWER TOOLS!!! *maniacal cackling* I'm into programming too. I use Java more than C though, so I have to switch gears now. Also, most of the nerdy/math/science people were in robotics, so I knew a lot of them. I used to be primarily a mather here but I think that now robotics has the most priority in my life. (...my grades aren't so great around February )I almost decided not to join because of the time commitment, but I did and I ended up really happy with it. That is, after the freshman initiation rites of filing. *ominous drum roll* Last edited by midgetcuber : 20-06-2005 at 11:56. |
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Re: Girls,Why did you join FIRST???
Honestly, I had no idea what I was getting myself into. I had just heard about it on the school announcements and I asked around, and I became interested. And now, I could not be any happier I joined. FIRST has truly changed my life for the better...I think I'm addicted
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Re: Girls,Why did you join FIRST???
Well, I didn't even know our school had a robotics team until the end of freshman year. Then my friend Matt told me about it and he was like "you should join". So... when the school started up again I decided to check it out. I'm glad I did because it's one of the best things I've ever done.
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hmmm...i actually joined robotics originally (in 6th grade) because I thought it was actually aerobics... well, i quickly figured out I was wrong, but i liked robotics better than I ever would have aerobics, lol. I think i've stayed because not only are you learning skills needed to be future engineers and scienctists, but it is A LOT of fun and you meet awesome people.
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Re: Girls,Why did you join FIRST???
I feel like getting this thread going again haha.
I joined FIRST because my brother was in it. And since he was a Freshman, making me a 7th grader, I was always going to competitions and the work site. It was just interesting. At one of the banquets, they were seeing who could do a puzzle cube the fastest and none of them could do it. Then I showed them all up and completed it before any of them And when I got into high school I didn't join PERSONALLY til I was a junior. I wish I had offically joined when I was a freshman.,. now being a senior, I'm really gonna miss it It is definately the best experience of my life! |
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Re: Girls,Why did you join FIRST???
Well, i come from an all girls school, that really focuses on athletics a lot...and since i'm not the BEST at athletics, robotics was something i was really interested in. Generally, i think it is important for girls to learn to build and program and participate in the stuff that FIRST has to offer. Personally, i've loved to take apart calculators and put them back together since i was a kid.. and in the future i wanna triple major, one being engineering..so robotics is really important to me.. it's another thing to get up in the morning for.
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Re: Girls,Why did you join FIRST???
I joined because it started out with wanting to do something new when a friend told me to take beginning electronics. It led me to advance electronics, then desktop robotics, and then finally the F.I.R.S.T. Team (Team 1636).
Last edited by LightWaves1636 : 28-10-2006 at 22:39. Reason: Too lenghty for my taste |
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Re: Girls,Why did you join FIRST???
I joined FIRST because, well, I am a nerd and that's what I do! Actually, my area has a free educational summer camp and between 8th and 9th grade I took the robotics course. It was mostly building little bots out of kits from Radio Shack, but one day Kilroy V came in for a demo. I loved it, but kind of forgot about it and moved on. Then, in 10th grade, I joined Governor's School and saw an announcement about the robotics team, which immediately made me remember that summer camp. I started going to meetings and actually shocked the boys when I knew how to use a drill. The rest, as they say, is history. I just finished my 1st FIRST season and cannot wait to start the next one!!
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Re: Girls,Why did you join FIRST???
Well, when I was in the 8th grade, my cousin was a freshman. She told me all about robotics and how much fun she always had. It really started to get my interest, because I used to watch Battle Bots. When she told me that it was almost nothing like Battle Bots, I thought 'how can this be fun then?'
Well, she brought me to Trenton Regional in 2005, I went, I saw what happened, and loved every minute of it. The people you meet, the pits, the robots, EVERYTHING. It was a blast. Not only that, when I was little, I've always helped my Daddy fix our car, and that kinda inspired me to be a mechanic since I was little. So. Because of her, (and my Uncle, who helps out with her team) I joined. And I'm so glad I did. =D Thankies to my cousin, and other people from Team 224 for introducing me to FIRST. |
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Re: Girls,Why did you join FIRST???
I had no intention of joining at first, but my cousin was on the team and I needed a ride home from school on Tuesdays. I went to a meeting because I figured it was better than sitting around doing homework. At the meeting I fell in love with FRIST. Plus, they discovered I had a knack for soldering and kept me around. How ironic is it that I am now the head of controls for my team(1351) as a sophomore? Guess the world works in mysterious ways.
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