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Originally Posted by gee_ess
After watching my daughter go through the new member period within the past few years, I think this format really leaves a void in what the pledges know about the fraternity. There were no organized or structured ways for her to learn fraternity history, etc. Sure, she got the new member handouts, notebook, and was told to read them, but now that we no longer give pledge tests (hazing), or memorize the Greek alphabet, etc there is little incentive to learn what Kappa is all about. Thus, the focus becomes more social. (IMO)
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agreed. i still made the effort to learn the greek alphabet (i can rattle it off sometimes haha) & i wish we had to learn about the history. in a sense we did, our marshall would write questions on a poster for chapter...but i don't think we would know the answers if asked. i don't understand how a test is a form of hazing. i've talked to so many girls in my house & we wouldn't mind a lot of the stuff that they consider hazing. granted, we don't want the negative things but the positive ones (i.e. a test on our history).