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Originally posted by Betarulz!
Well from the sound of it, I was horribly hazed as a pledge because I forced to study, forced to join campus organizations, forced to do community service hours, forced to attend functions of Beta Theta Pi, forced to clean my house, forced to get a 2.5 GPA, forced to learn the songs of Beta (many that are used in our Initiation ceremony...), forced to learn about history of my organization, forced to play or watch intramural sports, forced to attend pledge class meetings, forced to attend rituals.
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It is the use of the word "forced" that bothers me. One should not be forced to learn about the group they are joining-- they should want to. But, in my opinion, cleaning the house, when the brothers don't have to as well, is outside of learning about the group.
As far as "earning" letters, my sorority does not do that. I feel that we should select quality women who are examples of what our group stands for and they are interested in joining. The education period is a time for them to learn about the group-- not necessarily to prove anything or jump through hoops, worrying about whether we want them to join. They go through weeks of recruitment being courted to chose our group-- we give them a bid and invite them to join because we think they will be good for our sisterhood-- and then all of the sudden they aren't worthy to be treated with the same respect we treat initated members?? I guess I am alone here but that just doesn't make sense.
It's not to say that we just give our letters away-- but I think there is something different about "being forced"ninto earning them and wanting to wear them because they believe in what they stand for. And my group's values just don't include hazing.
I can't remember which one, but I know one of the national fraternities initiates new members right away and they then go through a "introduction" process to learn about the group.... so one earns the letters because who they are, not what they did.