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Originally posted by The Original Ape
Most college students today are spoiled and want immediate gratification. They want it now; and they want it easy.
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SAD but TRUE. However, it eventually backfires on 'em. When they're partyin' & roadtrippin' and they either "can't hang" or they ask questions that only a PLEDGEE would know the answer to, it becomes obvious that they wear skates and meow. And, while many greeks who pledged may never say/do anything to make them feel uncomfortable or insecure, I assure you that those negative feelings will be in them anyway. When they're at a probate and the pledgees are reciting something that all PLEDGEES are expected to know when they're on line, they will feel like "Boo-Boo the Fool" when erry'body else starts reciting it along with 'em 'cuz they STILL remember it from when they pledged! And believe you me, I'm one of those folks who notices when someone is CLUELESS and ain't sayin' a word or don't even know the words to some of the most basic, universal chants out there.
On the up-side of that, I admire sorors who step to me and say, "Look, this is what my process was like, so I don't know about X, Y, or Z. Can you teach/tell me?" And like Original Ape said, there are people who want to PLEDGE and earn their letters. But of course, serious issues emerge when only 1 or 2 folks on a line fall into the latter category. When everyone else is itching to scream "HAZING!" if they get plucked with a rubberband, then there's gonna be a Split Line--and that's the total ANTITHESIS of what Brotherhood & Sisterhood represent. Nobody should want/prefer that in their chapter, I don't care what org you're in! That makes us all--the alleged elite-- look absolutely HORRIBLE. The drama and mess that results from this whole issue reflects very negatively on the entire black greek system AND on the black community as a whole. At this rate, we won't last.
Let me shut up. I'm getting way too emotional over this.