How Do You Treat New Members/Freshmen ?

[evulish]

I'm considerably nice to the newbies who do work (whether being filing edges or being informants). I'm normally incredibly easy-going but some of the freshmen last year really irked me. We are normally working our bots off the last weekend so we don't even bother going home. It used to be that just Seniors or Juniors stayed. All of them did work. This year, there were freshmen there. It would have been okay if they worked...but they were just bogging down the T1 with pointless games. *sigh* I think I bit my share of heads off (All my pent up anger comes out in random bursts at things that annoy me...I have been told that it's scary. I personally find it humourous )

Oh yeah...when I was a Freshman, I don't remember being allowed to look at the robot. I got to make buttons the ENTIRE YEAR! 3 hours of making buttons every monday, wednesday and all day friday and saturday. Did that for two years. Needless to say, I nearly quit robotics. I'm glad I didn't though

[RBrandy]

Im kinda "assish"(sorry) to the newbies on the team. Ok im not that bad but some of the rookies just arnt normal looking and im not saying any thing bad about them but i would be kinda embarrassed if i went to nationals with some of them. Others are fine and im sure i will be able to get along with them.

[Gadget470]

I started with 247 in the team's second year, as I became a freshamn. I was one of 3 chosen (it had just become a class at school as opposed to a club)

I, and the other two, were all welcomed and appreciated.

Second year, there were more freshman, and their acceptance was based on merit. A few refused to work assuming FIRST was a blow-off class. The rest earned their keep.

Third Year.. Newbie Catastrophe. Very few of the new kids wanted to do work, and with a new teacher (Huskie Brigade's Mr. Goldberg) made for many tensions. As we all settled in through the year, Charles Darwin watched over us.

Now we have another 20 or so new members and almost all (less maybe 2 or 3) work their butt's off.

Hooray for survival of the fittest w00t.

[Colin Bohannan]

I was a freshman last year on GRT and after taking that much flak from the veterans, I personally decided not to do it again. I never took it personally, but towards the end of build I hated the veterans and everything they did. Don't harass rookies or freshman cause they'll be there next year and remember what you did/said.

[rbayer]

If rookies either know a lot to start with, or ask for help and try to learn stuff, we welcome them in. If they just show up and don't do anything or (even more common) do negative work, we tend to pretend they don't exist. Then again, after being awake for 42 hours (36 of which were spent building the 'bot), I begin to think no one really exists....

[blindguyinanorg]

we have no freshmen!! i love it because i dont have to deal with them at all. our team is doomed though everyone with skill is graduating. although there is this one kreepy kid who just shows up rondomly and speeks in a soft voice.

[Marygrace]

Depends on the freshman, most of them on our team are pretty cool. We only have like three actual freshman, and like 1 6th-grader and 1- 5th grader.... I think.... yeah...