I was a rookie just last year. The response I recieved for a good majority of almost anything I said was either nothing because the higher ups on the team ignored it or an immediate response saying that it wouldn't work. Certainly, some ideas did get through, and I did build the switch box for the controller, but the negatives really stick in the head and really suppress innovative ideas. Those ideas could make FIRST's knowledge base, not just any team's, grow.
Because I try my best to keep my mind open to new ideas and old ones from new members and old alike, I constantly try suggesting them. I still take some minor criticism, but I will never give up, period. One of these days, it will all come together, and may prove worthy of something.
