[QUOTE]Originally posted by lastpoetnsite:
[b]much respect...
does it strike some of you as odd that those of you who are interests are not helping one another? if a fellow interest is "whining" about what a member has said...wouldn't it behoove you...considering you both want to be members and if accepted will be calling one another sisters...to lend a helping hand to one another in times of need. no you cannot answer some questions...but there are those who have been researching longer and possibly could help the newer ones in their journey so that they would not have to be singled out.
if interests to this board were on line together would they make it? maybe or maybe not. my mother has always said...and its been said on this board and many others...that there is no "I" when you are pledging/intake. all of you as interests are in the same boat together. how is there a show of "sisterhood" when an interest is quick to down another interest?
if i was a member of an organization the interests that put down other interests in my presence would be the ones that i would definitely not be interested in having as sisters. if you cannot help one another in the initial process of just doing research...how can you truly be unified when doing the later processes?
Lastpoet:
How do you know we're not e-mailing one another? In a perfect world, everyone who had an interest in Alpha Kappa Alpha would help one another and everything would be honky dory. In a perfect world, everyone who THOUGHT they were the ideal prospects for Alpha Kappa Alpha would become members. However, as you and I both know, this world is by no means perfect.
There have been times during my quest when I have attempted to form bonds with other prospects (in REAL LIFE as you put it) and had it not work out AT ALL. At the Rush I attended, the graduate advisor told us that this is a competition and some will make it and some won't. While there is sisterhood promoted between some prospects (and don't think there isn't), it's sad to say that there are still some ladies who care about no one but themselves. Here's a perfect example. At my university, there were instances of prospects taking down posters announcing programs, events, and even Rush. (The ladies at the chapter announced at a program that they saw some people taking fliers down and they wanted them to stop.) There are only so many fliers posted, so why would you want to risk some other young lady not knowing the information for the sake of eliminating the competition? Because there are still some very selfish people in this world.
I have found that prospects are more receptive to information from other prospects in the cyber world though. I believe it's because they see no threat from this person.
Lastpoet, I will say that your questions are thought provoking, but as much as we would like (you and me both included) we can't save the world.
Excuse the long post, but thanks for those who did read it.
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