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Originally Posted by LaneSig
I had this exact same thought last night. I wish that a group that didn't make quota could invite all of these girls to a COR event; get all of these "beautiful, well-placed" girls to see that if they all got together, they could turn one groups rep around and make it a "top-tiered" group.
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Unfortunately, that is so hard to do in a big and/or old greek system. And even harder if you've grown up, using UGA as an example, in metro Atlanta where everybody knows the "pecking order"--whether you want to admit it exists or not, it does. You know everybody's mom knows what is a "good house" and what's not. Everybody knows what you pledged, tsk tsk. Probably not politically correct to say here, but as the mother of teenagers, I know that's what happens. Helicopter parents on steroids, it's just one more thing to make you feel that your kid is better than everybody else's.
In a smaller greek system, things can turn around very fast with a couple of good pledge classes, somewhat like what has occurred at our North Avenue Trade School. Twelve girls from our HS went through at UGA, two pledged. We are talking about legacies and lovely girls who would be an asset to any house, and these girls dropped out. I know these girls and can't think of one who thought she was "entitled" to be in the "best house"....a lot of them just felt that they couldn't see themselves in the options they had left.
Wouldn't it be great if they could gather up those girls who were awesome and let them get to know each other for half a year and see if they want to fill a house that needs members? Yes, but would it happen at UGA? I don't think so. Those prejudices die hard, whether they are fair or not.
BamaDad, your daughter does have somewhat of an advantage that she hasn't been brought up with the "pecking order" since the day she was born. And like I always told my girls...."you know what we call out of state girls in Nebraska, don't you? CELEBRITIES!" While you might look at it as a disadvantage, in some cases it's an advantage in a place where everybody is from Alabama...or Nebraska, or wherever.
Do I win for posting the most politically incorrect statement of the day? Sorry if I offend anybody, I'm not very good at sugarcoating (must be because I'm not really from the South, just a plain spoken Midwesterner!)
