Why did you join FIRST?

[J93Wagner]

My 8th grade year was terrible. Bullies and what not kept on coming at me. For that reason, I decided I wanted to open enroll somewhere. A couple of days afterward, I saw an article in the local newspaper about an open house for an engineering charter school. So I told my parents about it and we ended up going to the open house. Afterward, I was SO enthusiastic that I decided I wanted to open enroll into the Appleton Area School District and Tesla Engineering Charter School. In fact, I mailed my application the next day. My parents hadn't seen me so happy in such a long time they decided to put up a lot of their time and effort taking me inbetween home and school which are about twenty minutes apart. When school finally started, I found out about Team 93 somewhere, I can't even remember where. And after the FIRST (pun intended) meeting, I was hooked, since that time I have been learning what was expected of a rookie, which isn't much except be on Inventor and learn that to help out the vets on the design team.

In effect, FIRST basically chose me. It has had a major impact on my life at school, at home, and at other places, all in a positive way.