HELP: GIRLS AND ROBOTICS

[june_2008]

We have several girls on our team, 547, but there are only two of us who are involved in anything except spirit or animation. I programm and we have a girl who builds and does CAD. None of the other girls really seem interested in working directly on the robot.

[spamified88]

Some of the girls at my school say that they're not good enough, or that they have a bad relationship with power tools. I said that we were all like that our freshman year. Actually, the girls on my team have a funny sense of humor saying that thet're now a "commodity" because they joined robotics. We do have a bunch of girls on our team, but they're in the PR department. Most of them don't want to do engineering, but I want them to. In engineering there are only 4 girls.

[Ashley Christine]

Some girls are afraid of technology. Guys are "supposed" to be "better" and so it is intimidating.

Show them that its not all about technology, and then when you hook them, show them that the tech stuff really is fun!

In general just get them to realize that its more than just a robot, its fundraising, spirit, teamwork, and FUN!

It seemed to work for me.