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Originally Posted by IsobelS
The assignment system was the WORST because no one got who they really wanted and there was a lot of bickering and favoritism. It was just a mess!
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I totally agree. I was assigned a little that I couldn't stand and would have said something about it if I had been given the chance before it was already announced to the whole chapter. I could see the potential for personality conflicts the first time I hung out with her for more than five minutes. I "made nice" and took a deep breath every time she drove me nuts during her first year... but eventually I couldn't stand it, she did something really irresponsible and I refused to help cover up her mistake, and so we had a falling out. I'm sure it was confusing to her, because in her mind we were totally wonderful friends and then one day I just stopped being nice to her. In reality, I just stopped faking it for the sake of the big/little relationship. We never really were able to mend things, and it bothers me today that I was robbed of having a real big-little relationship. I think whatever system you have, the big should have a chance to veto the assignment, even if the bigs aren't allowed to specifically pick a particular person.