Brobots

Recently I began "mentoring" a short-term (6-week) robotics project for a local high school (Southwest Early College, in downtown Denver). The project is organized by Rocky Mountain BEST. This would be the first time that I've worked directly with inner city high school students. I had another potential chance to work with inner city schools with Teach For America, but at that time I wasn't sure about working such a job.

So far I've attended the local RMBEST kickoff meeting and two of the after-school meetings with the students, and I think the teacher leading the project said it best: "these students have character." Sure, most of them aren't gunning for four-year colleges after graduation, but that doesn't make them any less interesting as people and fun to work with (albeit challenging at times). Sometimes, it's worth it to see "the other side" and experience it yourself.