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i joined FIRST as a parent of an enthuiastic High School Freshman. It wasn't long before I, as an engineer, realized the amazing opportinities that FIRST provides. You cannot get closer to a real life engineering experience, not even on many internships and college coops. The program also goes way beyond engineering and provides opportinities in marketing, programming, graphics and automation design, and many more. This is now my third year on what was a rookie team. My younger son has joined and my husband provides IT consulting services. There is another aspect I must mention. Unlike many competitive activities, FIRST encourages Graceful Professionalism. Teams are encouraged to teach and assist other teams. Even though the competition is fierce, everyone is helpful and everyone that succeeds in even getting to competition can be proud of their accomplishments. We had a graduating Senior with 2 years of FIRST experience and one year of LabView get selected as a Freshman at Carnegie Mellon to work with Graduate Students on a Lunar Robotic Rover project.

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