I just wanted to say what a great resource this Spark Community forum is!!
The search feature is accurate and excellent, unlike on some others that insist on removing common keywords from your search string, and I have found the people here are knowledgeable, friendly, and most helpful.
Thanks to Spark, and everyone who has made, and continue to make this such a great place!!
I completely agree with everything that you have said. I have learned so much from this community, and everyone I have talked to on here is super helpful and so caring. The openness in this community is so awesome, and I am trying to promote this community to all my friends so it can become more populated with awesome ideas and become more successful! 
Spark is probably the best thing that has happened to me in all of my education years. As a first year in college, I had no idea what I wanted to do; I was interested in technology, and loved hands-on projects, but did not really know where to go from there. After working with the SparkCore, and talking to the community, I realized I love to code and make new ‘stuff!’ I now have a pretty good idea as to what fields I am interested in and what really makes me happy. Continuing on, I hope to learn more about this and hopefully end up doing something I love.
This is just my experience, and wanted to share how awesome this is. Thanks! <3