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Originally Posted by honeychile
I've said this before, but literally everyone I knew who went to college was in a fraternity or a sorority. I honestly thought that anyone who wasn't in one had tried to get a bid and failed. I also had the influence of my mother, who wasn't in a sorority herself but her mother was. She did her level best to groom me for my late grandmother's sorority, showing me her pin with the reference of the Holy Grail, painting my room two shades of blue, starting me on a collection of keys. My daddy's aunts were greek, too, but I'm still not sure which one(s). He equated "campus success" with being a greek, also. My high school graduation present was a trip to Portugal - and an upgraded sorority pin, when I pledged.
I sometimes wonder how freaked out my parents would have been had I not gone greek!
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I forgot to add something, until I read TStevens' post! My sixth grade teacher, born & raised in Louisiana, made us memorize the Greek alphabet backwards and forwards, since, "When y'all go to college, it's best you know it for when you pledge a fraternity or a sorority!" She was a HUGE influence on a lot of people in my school equating college with going greek.