High school Sororities and Fraternities
 

I have a question to all of the black sororites and fraternities. Do you all get mad or offended when you see high school students imitating and trying to be like you.
Because however you know it all high school based organizations look up to some frat/soro
. I am in a organization called Black Motivated Women BMW for short and we look up to Delta Sigma Theta is that a problem? And all of the others have an idle as well.

Miss Jay,

Could you please describe what exactly these groups are imitating?

Replying to what you asked.I mean when you see high school organizations stepping not doing the same exact steps as you do and getting involved in community services. Basically doing as and carrying business as it was a real sorority.

Some women in sororities do not have a problem with it, but some women in sororities do. As for me, imitation can be quite flattering. However, I do hold the principles of my sorority very dear and am extremely proud of it. Thus, when someone mimicks it, it pretty much trivializes the sanctity of being a part of a sorority or a fraternity. There is a difference between imitating and mimicking. When you imitate you are not simply copying from them you are embracing certain facets of another organization and use it for your own because you believe in it. When you mimick you are just taking from another organization and not using any of your own original ideas and principles, you do the same exact things as the other organization; you duplicate. My sorority, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. was the first Black Greek Letter Organization to have youth groups, and they are OFFICIAL; Archonettes, Amicettes, and Pearlettes. Archonettes are in high school, and yes they do imitate Zeta in the sense that they embrace our ideals and they look up to us. But the difference is, Zeta created Archonettes. We gave them certain "things" that are patterned after the principles of our organization, however, we do not sanction the use of "things" meant only for us Zetas BUT THEY ARE A PART OF THE BLUE AND WHITE FAMILY. The Archonettes are not a sorority, however they carry themselves as though they are because they share in our national events and programs. Many of them do go on to become Zetas, but some things about a sorority should be held back because of the oaths we take and the level of secrecy. If your sorority is not an official youth group of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. then you should respect their organization and leave it to them to decide exactly how much of "Delta" they will allow you to incorporate into your sorority. Otherwise, some Deltas may not think your sorority is so flattering.

Thank you a soror of Zeta Phi Beta for your reply. It was just a question that I asked because we respect all greek sororities. And know how far to go I was just wanting to know because were I live there are alot of high school frat/sororities. But, when you look at all of them you could basically tell who they are imitating. But, no offense to anyone else reading it was just a question. Thanks

Are these high school 'fraternities + sororities' a fairly new development? I had never heard of anything like that when i was in school, or even until very recently.

Is it maybe a regional thing? (I went to a very hick school!)

Just wondered.

At a lot of high schools, (mine was one) it was against the rules to start a fraternity or sorority. At many schools where they do exist, they are underground orgnaizations.

Well silverturtle I live in TN. And there are alot of them so many that all of the names start to sound alike. There are a few who take part in community service and just about all of them have step teams. Some have good names for what they have done and some are just groups that want to look good together.

Thanks MsJay.. maybe it's just a regional thing then. http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif

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SilverTurtle@greekchat.com

Phi Beta Fraternity

I personally didn't have sororities or fraternities at my high school but some people I knew from Highland Park HS had something like that. Was anyone here in a high school sorority? I find that very strange...

We never had sororities in our hs, but then again, I went to an all girl's hs, so I guess we were just one big happy sorority :)
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dzsaigirl-did you go to Highland Park? I went to Ursuline

No, I did not go to HP, but I went to SMU my first year and a half of college so I knew people from there, plus my mom grew up there. Two of my friends at SMU went to Ursuline but unless you graduated in 97 or 98 or earlier, you probably don't know them. This is year 6 for me in college ;) I did the old 180 on my major...

I was involved in a high school sorority called ADK but dropped out b/c I thought it was pointless. There was alot of hazing and the whole thing wasdumb b/c as many of us know alot of high school girls like to backstab and talk talk talk so your "sisters" whom you thought were your friends really werent.

A lot of the high school fraternities, from what I have seen are evolutions of the officially sanctioned high school mentoring programs of black fraternities and sororities. ..

Kappa League. . .Delteens. . .AKAlades, etc, etc. . .

Many of them, again in my opinion, became an excuse to step and haze each other. However, those programs that are overseen by the frats and sororities are mentoring programs and service organizations. The independent frats and sororities are more dangerous because they are often underground and unsupervised.

One more thing, I am in favor of clubs, but not fraternities in high schools. . .one major reason, which is bourgie, but I must say it.. . frats are for people in college. I feel like I worked heard to get into college and be eligible to pledge.

I mean, for black greeks at least, if you think back to December 4, 1906, those men were trying to find a safe haven of sorts for each other. What on earth could a young person in high school need with a frat or sorority that they can't do through the Key Club and a step team?

If this sounds mean spirited or nasty in any way, I honestly do not mean for it to sound that way. It is late, I am tired, and I am STILL working on my personal statement. :(

Do only BGLO's have high school sorority-type organizations? KD doesn't....I don't know if any other of the "white" GLOs do....

Or do some high schools have sorority things that are independent of National college GLOs?

My high school never had any of these things.

My best friend and sister was a part of a little sister group of DST. She *loved* it and was kinda disappointed that she didn't end up choosing a school that had a chapter.