Ladies, this topic is sure growing, and just when I thought it died down, it has been reheated!!!!I have been a quiet reader for quite sometime.......
Discogoddess: Your comments are going to down right upset a bunch of single women, especially those that are mothers!
I, myself, am a single mother. By defeating the odds placed on single mothers, by people with similiar ways of thinking as yours has caused such ignorance (I am not calling you ignorant)which has perpetuated the rate of drop-outs by teen women on both the high school and collegiate level. Part of society and even their families tell them they will never amount to anything, and many are sidetracked and believe this,therefore they lose any amibtion or motivation to prove people wrong.
Like CHAKALATE (shout out to CALI!!) said, she and countless others who have become members of your illustrious organization HAVE defeated the odds, which by no means has put any damper on the bright light that is upon Alpha Kappa Alpha.
I am now 22, and doing better than most of my associates my age. My son, gave my life a new meaning and directiion that at the age of 19, I so desperately needed. No, I was not the product of abuse, nor did I come from a broken home like society would like for us to believe. I simply made a mistake, and have corrected this mistake by taking charge of my future and my son.
Your words were particularly painful, and I am sure they were not attended as such. But how can anyone "Glorify Teen Pregnancy"? Should we shun those that fallen prey to such? No, we should uplift them and show them the proper course of action to correct the past to show them a brighter future. The girls and women who has taken this route, hopefully by the time they intend to express an interest into your illustious organization will hopefully followed such a past that her merits, character and service willl shine so brightly that who gives a D*&% if she was a single mother~~~ Put yourself in this scenario: You are volunteering at at teen center for pregnant, or single moms and one of them asked if they were to turn their life onto the right track, "Is it possible to become a member of your sorority?" What would your answer be.....
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