For years, I’ve been almost completely surrounded by guys. Depending on your point of view, this can either be a very good thing or a very bad thing. I am the only senior girl on our team and I couldn’t be happier with our growing population of mini Queen Bees. For the first two years I was on the team, we had about five or six girls and we were obviously outnumbered. Last year we had 12 girls and this year we have a total of 18 girls and 21 guys. This gives us a unique point of view on problem solving as well as a plentiful supply of estrogen. We are getting more girls interested in science and technology but we also teach them how to have fun—Killer Bee style. Once you enter our CAD room through the portal to Narnia, you are immediately enchanted by the overwhelming sense of fabulousness in the room. When the room is holding a large number of our “Killer” girls (which is quite often) you’ll hear conversations about the Hunger Games—Team Peeta vs Gale, Chairman’s Award discussions, minions being assigned and claimed by upper classmen, and antennae making strategies being exchanged. This is all accompanied by a soundtrack of Disney music, the Jonas Brothers, and Jesse McCartney. The primary export of the CAD room is antennae. Soon after learning how to use the Red Menace and the sander in the shop, rookies are taught the fine art of antennae making, including using beads to make bee-utiful personalized antennae. But of course, our fantabulousness is not just contained in our workspace. We bring the buzz of the hive wherever we go, whether it be practicing our Celebration dance routine for Marching Band, sniping pictures of lax bros from afar, or taking over the hotel lobby to play Just Dance, our Queen Bees know how to get down.
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