Initially I was in a coed school for a long time. What I saw happening time and time again in a science lab was that the girls would be sitting back taking the notes and the boys would have their noses in the test tubes, because the girls would often defer to the boys. I believe what FIRST has done is that in the right environment, with the right mentors, girls really have the opportunity to step in and to understand that they are just as capable, and they build the skills. That's what Bonnie has really been talking about, enabling girls to try it out in a climate where they are accepted and encouraged. That's really where our work must continue.
It's also helping boys understand that girls are, as Karen said, just as competent. They just need to have the opportunities to play with the tools, really, and through that have those experiences and know that they're not to be frightened of the tools, that they can really work with them. One of the pieces that we spend time on with the girls is to make sure that they have a skills training session for part of the year so that they develop great confidence in using any kind of tool they work with.