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Originally posted by Sverige
I may have worded a few things wrongly. Speaking and writing in one language daily and then typing another, it's not hard to see where one can misword things.
It's not that I regret making the choices I did, I just didnt see any rational reason for doing what I did other than the reasons I stated. I doubt any of us would have had a hard time meeting women or forming a relationship with them regardless of whether not we went greek. Those reasons were the only things we could come up with as to why someone would want to join such an organization. I realize there are people who join a fraternity and inturn become more of a man, if you will, but if you already have those qualities (the confidence, leadership abilities, fitting into any social situation, and not being intimidated by others, no matter what the occasion ) why would you join? Who would want to change their lifestyle completely if it already bears the qualities such organizations claim to instill in the lives of it's members? I think it would be safe to say that you are not the same individual when you come out, than what you were when you went in.
I think most Amerikans percieve things differently than the rest of the world. Amerikans, for the most part, are lazy. That said, I can see how joining such an organization would help one through their secondary education and achieve their goal of getting a college education. However, how do you explain those who do not finish college,drop out or take an excessive amount of time to finish school while being in a fraternity. I think it's different for women who join a sorority since they normally are not the ones throwing the huge partys and indulging in long nights. If being in such an organization means you show their values throughout your life, wouldn't it be odd to see it's members with so many problems in their lives? Since that is the case with a number men who do join a fraternity, my question again, why would you want to join?
Again, I'm sure many see this message as negative but all i'm trying to do is to find the reason for being apart of something that can have such a diverse effect on the lives of it's members. I know my response is a bit late, but we're 7 hours ahead of you depending on whether or not you're on EST.
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Based on your answer, I realized something. You don't understand the American Greek system because you are NOT culturally American {as in grew up here} To understand it [our Greek system], you need to understand America, her history and the nuances that come with it. I don’t have the energy to explain it so I won’t but I’m sure my fellow GC’ers may decide to.
Our Greek system plays a large part in our politics, history, social areas, etc. And for all the flaws that it has, we find it quite useful as many of my fellow GCers have attested. No, our system is not perfect, but we are always seeking ways to make it better and more useful during college and after college.
Please don’t put something down you really have no knowledge of. We are happy to help you try to understand the reason/s behind our fraternal ideas.
And by the way, we are not LAZY--regardless of your definition.