Unrelated?

[darkhaas10]

I am planning on Majoring in Cultural Anthropology but I agree that if you can apply anything you learned in FIRST to your chosen field than it is at least somewhat robotics related (even if what you apply is how to do a job well in a short amount of time). This comment is also coming from a sixteen year old who has time to change.

[Cynette]

After a year in computer science, my son switched to Culinary. Hard to find the relation there, but it still doesn't mean he was any less inspired by his time on a FIRST (FRC) team!

[ebarker]

Nearly every student that participates in FIRST will likely become a parent and/or teacher and/or career influencer of some type.

It is the power of exponents at work. If you can inspire only two people in the future then in a few generations the entire universe will be touched.

[dipmeinaluminum]

Television Studio.

[Mark McLeod]

I'd hate to have the team be limited to pre-engineering students.
The best ideas, the best solutions to problems, the most encompassing answers are incubated in diversity of thought, outlook, perspective, needs.

While we've had a lot of students go on to study Mechanical, Electrical, Aerospace, Computer Science, etc. engineering, and related hard science fields, such as, Physics, Biology, Chemistry, Criminology,
we also have had a healthy mixture of some of our strongest student team members entering what you might think of, on first glance, as unrelated fields, such as,

• Political Studies
• Accounting
• Business
• Fashion Institute of Technology (but hey fashion is high technology right?)
• Graphic Design
• Art
• International Studies
• English
• Psychology (I wonder what that means...)

My son who got me into all this is pursuing a PhD in English/Psychology, while minoring in Computer Science. My daughter is a science major, and will probably choose a Biology major.


P.S.
My degree and profession is Computer Science, however, one of my minors is in technical theater. My first professional job was technical director for a black box theater. My wife has a Master of Fine Arts in Drama and her first professional job was stage managing for the Baltimore Opera. She now teaches English at CW Post.
Yet we're both fully involved in Robotics, and I think we bring some interesting perspectives to the students.

[Protronie]

Originally Posted by Cynette

After a year in computer science, my son switched to Culinary. Hard to find the relation there, but it still doesn't mean he was any less inspired by his time on a FIRST (FRC) team!

What could be better for a FIRST team than to have their own chef to cook for them during build season