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I CAN NOT IMAGINE, in most cases, being asked what my parents did for a living during Rush. If a sorority asked me that I would cut them on the spot...regardless of the reason. Your family has nothing to do with who you are as a person during Rush....they might be amazing human beings and the "best family on Earth," but a PNM could feel REALLY out of place if that was not the answer to the question. What if she had to say, well, both of my parents were killed in a car accident last year. Or my dad works at McDonalds and my mom is unemployed...OR if she says my dad is a millionaire....that should be irrelevant. The only reason I can see someone asking this question to find out if the PNM has money or not and that is stupid. If she says that she can meet the money obligations, then take her word on that. You don't check bank accounts, do you?
Sheesh, sorry for that lil' rant - but I just think that question is VERY tacky. It reinforces the shallow stereotypesthat we try so hard to break.
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Then there are friends who sail together, through quiet waters and stormy weather. Helping each other through joy and through strife. And those are the kind who give meaning to life.
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