Girls on Teams

[SL8]

When it comes to getting things done and teamwork, I couldn't care less what gender you are. Anyone willing to work and learn has a place on our team. Currently, we have four girls on our team, which come to think of it, is about half our team.

[TheSuzy343]

Generally around 25% of the students on our team is consistently free of the Y chromosome, although right now the returning alumni are matched evenly on both sides. The girls on our team do pretty much everything the guys do, from the machine shop to the button maker to the broom.

[feliks_rosenber]

free of the Y chromosome

I simply could not have thought of funnier way of wording.

[Karibou]

We've got 14 guys and 5 girls. Two of the girls work on imagery, but two of us work in the shop regularly. The last one works in the shop semi-regularly, but she still works . The two of us who work in the shop regularly are qualified on pretty much all of our machinery. We've got more qualifications than some of the guys. AND we're the only two students on pit crew for our team! xD I did some of the design work this year, and I got pretty involved with the website content, too.
At the beginning of the year I was like "Oh, I'm stuck in the shop for 3 hours doing work for the guys...They're gonna get all of the fun stuff and I'm going to be stuck fileing and sanding...," but I learned that it was REALLY far from the truth. I did do some of the easy work for a while, but that's because I was new and didn't know how to do the harder work. But I learned, and I'm milling and lathe-ing and having fun with everyone. And some of the guys are some of my best friends, too!

[usbcd36]

Originally Posted by feliks_rosenber

I simply could not have thought of funnier way of wording.

In my sophomore year, my chemistry teacher said something similar.

"I know most of you are in this class because you have a Y chromosome…."

[Kittybot]

I'm one of four (technically 3 cause 1 of them does nothing but kiss her "boyfriend" who's on our team) girls on our team. One does a lot of the building, one does whatever our coach wants her to or follows her boyfriend Mike around helping him, one, like I said before, does nothing but distract us from work by wanting to talk or eat our snacks or kiss her "boyfriend", and I do what my coach says and make the Inventor assembly of our robot. 2 of the four of us are rookies, but I'm the only freshman. It kinda rocks being a tom boy since I'm a girl and have interests and a personality like a boy sometimes. Most of the team I'm good friends with, emphasis on most. Our coach is a different story all his own....he likes to pick on 2 of us A Lot. One because she's Mike's girl and is fun to mess with, and me cause I'm the shortest, lightest, and sometimes most energetic of the team. I think that wraps it all up!

[Emily2177]

I go to an all girls school so I'm on an all girls team. Last year was our rookie year and being an all girls team definitely got us a lot of news/media coverage. But, all but two of our mentors are men. It helps having them around to help with some of the heavy lifting and such, but for the most part all the girls are really active and involved. I must say I love being on an all girls team and its really fun to go to competition and see girls on other teams and hear what they do. Good luck to all of you girls out there for the rest of this season! And how many other all girls teams are out there in FIRST?

[Kev]

where r the hot chix?

[Engineer]

Originally Posted by Kev

where r the hot chix?

That's a dangerous statement.

Don't pummel him too bad girls. Look at his sig, he rides the short bus.

[Éowyn]

Originally Posted by Kev

where r the hot chix?

There's only one way to respond to this . . .

[geeknerd99]

Originally Posted by Kev

where r the hot chix?

I'm dating one. Wait, that's partially why she's on the team... Guess that's one way to increase female recruitment.

[Danny McC]

Originally Posted by Kev

where r the hot chix?

haha i really hope this guy is kidding. But hes not looking in the right places apparently.

[mikey1212]

hey. watch it. i think all the girls who have posted are pretty!

[Kersten]

Originally Posted by mikey1212

hey. watch it. i think all the girls who have posted are pretty!

Being a girl on a robotics team, I cannot help but to question why it matters whether the girl is "hott" or not.. It's robotics, we are here to have fun and build beast robots....not worry about the "hottness" of the girls on the teams....

[Kersten]

Originally Posted by Kersten

Being a girl on a robotics team, I cannot help but to question why it matters whether the girl is "hott" or not.. It's robotics, we are here to have fun and build beast robots....not worry about the "hottness" of the girls on the teams....

Just in case other people wonder too....I'm not mad nor bothered by this topic