[33girl]

Learning is not earning, I guess I agree. But the point is you're taking that time that no one is forcing you to take to get to know these things because 1) you want to know about the sorority you're joining 2) you know it'll make the current sisters of the sorority happy. I mean, if someone takes a test and doesn't know any of our 5 founders' names (but she does know the phone number of every fraternity house on campus) and I know she's a reasonably bright girl, yes, I'm going to question where her priorities lie.

It all reminds me of how some of my history teachers said they weren't going to make us memorize dates because you didn't learn what it was ABOUT. I understand their theory, but I think it's gone too far - when people don't know that the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were written in two different years, maybe we need to get back to some of the memorization. It's the same with the current pledge programs. They've introduced a lot of new things that I think are beneficial, but when it's gotten to the point where brand new initiates who should have this stuff fresh in their mind don't know basic things like founding dates, maybe we need to get back to more of the old school. The "learn at your own pace" doesn't work for everyone.