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Originally Posted by Titchou
I think that going to the 8 week (or otherwise shortened) new member programs has impacted this and a lot of things we learned "back in the day." We had to learn them all when I was a "pledge." The shortened program meant dropping some things and this is one.
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Originally Posted by amIblue?
This is exactly what I was going to say. It's unfortunate, but I don't foresee an increase in the length of the new member period happening so that we can learn about other groups.
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I'd say it may have changed from the pledge program
way back but if you compare NM program to pledge program year to year, this is not a change that occurred...at least in AOII. I have the advantage of being the first NM class ever and my biological sister is the last pledge class. She knows nothing about the NPC. They learned the Greek alphabet when they were pledges but she couldn't tell it to you now. I've seen her pledge book. They had a page (like in my NM manual) that showed all the NPC badges/pins and a second page where they listed the groups on their campus with their local history. Meh. Being ignorant of the NPC is irrespective of pledge/NM. It's willful ignorance. You have the information, you just choose not to learn it.