Greetings to all!
This is a subject that has come up many times in conversation with me. I've read everyone else's posts and I agree with each to a certain extent. First and foremost, I pledged(HARD) and was hazed and the experience is truly unforgettable. What I can say is that I PLEDGED because I learned a great deal from it. I agree with someone who said that pledging is a priviledge and a right. I had the choice to decide what I wanted to do and I think I made the best choice.
I've seen what happens to chapter who pledge and who don't and I'm afraid to say that the chapters who go strictly through MIP usually have a lot of problems concerning brotherhood/sisterhood. THere is really no bond established and usually they try to run their organization like a business which there's nothing wrong with that but it's so much more. At my school, there is one particular organization whom everyone knows strictly does MIP and of course they get ridiculed for it but at the same sense, they always have more drama and stuff going on in their organization. The sad thing is that it gets out and in-house business is no longer in house. And this particular organization is so obsessed with pledging. Some are so disappointed and feel as though they've been cheated because they weren't pledge while others have clearly stated that they knew they wouldn't be in this organization if they would have pledged.
So I say to you, first you need to find out which oe is the best for you. I myself will continue to pledge/teach until I die. But please everything you are told with a grain of salt and please understand that whatever you decide to do, discretion is a must! But if you do have the opportunity to pledge. . . do it because there is something about that bond you have with your LBs or LSs that is unforgettable. If you don't have the opportunity, so be it and get on with your life. Once you are in the organization work hard for it because the real pledging starts once you get into these organizations. Don't be like what some organizations call 'ghostbrothers' or 'farwell to the ivies'!
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