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I appreciate this thread being on the right/original track.
I do think, however, that joining a GLO for the "wrong" reasons is not necessarily a bad thing. Especially when it came to me, yes I joined because I wanted to be pretty and popular and be around social girls and cute boys, but I was an assest to my house and like I stated before my sorority was the MAIN reason I graduated college at all.
Yes, I also wanted to meet females too, so I guess in essence I joined for the "sisterhood" but I don't think that is the word I would have used back when I rushed.
And, I don't think that because I joined for the "wrong" reasons is the reason why I'm not active as an alumnae. I hope I'm not coming across as defensive, because that is not my intent, I just feel that the social aspect of college is downplayed in its importance to growth.
I became very social in college and while I may have partied a bit too hard and skipped a bit too many classes and had a bit too much sex, I GREW as a person because of it. And, I grew I feel in a way that I wouldn't have grown had I not been in my sorority. I view college and my sorority as INVALUABLE to me in terms of sowing some wild oats but still having support, getting drinking out of my system while having support, postponing the whole working/adult/taxes/no health insurance thing for a while, etc etc etc.
Can't say enough how much I value those years in college more. And this coming from a girl who wanted to be around other pretty girls as the main reason for joining a sorority I think says a lot.
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