[Ari423]

If you are looking for a language that is commonly taught in schools and would be easier to find a mentor who knows, you should probably stick with Java.

If you do not anticipate finding a programming mentor, I would stick with LabVIEW. It is (in my opinion) by far the easiest language to be bad at and still end up with a working robot. And once you get good at it (which doesn't take very long), you can do all of the same level stuff as you can with Java. I entered FRC with very little programming knowledge. My first year as head programmer, using LabVIEW, we barely had a driving robot. by my second year, still with LabVIEW, we were able to do PID control, path planning, etc. (Note: this was on out test bot, not on our competition bot)

tl;dr I would highly recommend LabVIEW for any rookie head programmer without a programming mentor or knowledge of another language