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My junior year was our teams rookie year so in a way we were all freshmen... but we weren't yet a robotics team that year, we were still part of the schools science club which allowed for the upperclassmen to still have seniority within the club itself.
With that said we treated freshmen very well, almost equals.... That is until they proved there capabilities. Those who were less willing or able to work were givin more menial tasks and although not formally required to be quiet, learned that there input wasn't usually taken seriously. Those who proved to be very willing to do work, even if they weren't the best at it, were givin more complex and more important tasks, of course, under propper guidance and monitoring depending on there actual ability level.
I should add that this went for some of the upperclassmen to. Simply put. If you wanted to work and didn't know how we were willing to take the time to teach you. If you didn't want to work and had all the skill in the world you would usually become a gofor (go for this, go for that, etc.).
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