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Originally Posted by Longhorn Mom

I, too, teach kids each week in a class. And we rank and they rank and there are rankings all over and.....it's OK. Kids survive rankings. If they can't, they have deeper issues that need to be attended to by parents. Same with a person who thinks she needs to be 5# lighter in order to feel good about herself.

And why are you making the jump from rankings to students who are (obviously) more than test scores?! You read way too much into sorority rankings.

Maybe y'all are the ones with issues. I mean with the vitriol directed towards me and all, putting words in my mouth ("worthless trash??!! OMG!!), etc.

My daughter was upset when she wast cut from a house that she had her heart set on, but she enjoyed college life, made friends and kept going on down the road and is now having a wonderful time in her sorority. And she isn't imploding because she is in a self-described mid tier house.

And all of the girls who are in houses called "bottom tier" mostly don't care about those labels (but you all do), because the tiers aren't about self worth or human value and most people know that. Maybe sorority rankings are about financial philanthropic goals, campus leadership positions, family wealth and education level, the quality of high school one attended, SAT scores or just plain ol' connections or perceived Western-style beauty standards...or a mix of all of those things and more.

Listen, keeping score is a good thing. And all stereotypes contain a kernel of truth....and....that's OK, too......goodness. I don't know...I think the 'thin skin' lies elsewhere for sure! Did you give this same lecture to your sorority sister who dared to particpate in a pageant....which ranks everything? Or the intramural team that was subject to...ranking? And did she or the team need therapy to deal with the trauma of....being ranked?? lol

And this entire post is what is commonly known as irony, folks.

You really are something. Just like in the last thread, you don't know when to stop. Comrades True nailed it: shallow, indeed.