Someone I met today is the father of a girl on a robotics team. He was asking me about how powerful computers are/can be, since she always seems to be updating her stuff.

"So what does your daughter do?"
"She's on the robotics team at her school. They're going to the World Championships in South Carolina. I think that it's only Kalani and Waialua."
"Wow that's really cool!"
"Yeah. You know, if you make it to the final round at one of the World Championships, you can go for 5 years."

I don't remember if that was the exact qualification, but I do remember it was 5 years.

"Wow, that's awesome. How many years has it been?"
"It's been 3 so far."
"How old is she?"
"15."
"Oh, that's good, she still has plenty of time."

We chatted a little more.

"I didn't know Kalani was good at robotics. I've definitely heard that Waialua is though."
"Yeah, but they get funding from the military because of their location. The kids at our school have to do the fundraising all themselves because the school doesn't give them money."
"Oh wow, that's impressive. It's good that you're supporting her."

I don't know how true that is, but it's still cool to see someone bought into their child's success.