Quote:
Originally posted by wptw
This is interesting: Eirene says her mother is anti-greek, and Little E automatically assumes she has some kind grudge. I see this a lot. Someone makes a statement critical of greeks, and we immediately retort to the effect of “well, he must not have gotten a bid and that’s why he hates greeks” or “well, her boyfriend must have cheated with a sorority girl and that’s why she hates greeks”. Very interesting.
Eirene’s mother may well be carrying a grudge of course, but why jump so quickly to that conclusion? The word grudge implies some specific past incident. Isn’t possible that she is just a smart woman who judges greeks based on her personal experience with them when she was college age?
Think about it. The vast majority of people interviewing you for a position are between the ages of 30 and 65. 30 is sort of the typical age where one becomes a midlevel manager and is put in a position of interviewing prospective employees. 65 is obviously retirement age. That means these people were college age in the 60s, 70s and 80s.
Fraternities and sororities were not cool in the 60s and 70s because they were seen as establishment. In the 80s they were seen as elitist playgrounds for rich kids. Hell, talk to someone who was greek themselves in the 80s and they’ll tell you that college was one long beer and coke binge punctuated by a little hazing spree here and there.
Right or wrong, that’s why the odds are against you. Know your audience. And don’t automatically assume people with anti-greek views are bitter and unreasonable. Greeks haven’t always put their best foot forward. It’s hard to fault others for noticing, and for building an opinion based on what they noticed.
wptw
|
Good point...I would venture to say the majority of us on here who are in our early 20's have parents who are 50 or close, which would put them right smack into the period when being greek was not cool. My mom went to Montreat College in NC and they didn't have sororities and fraternities then...so like you mentioned the people who are anti-greek could be so for a variety or reasons or lack of exposure.