[AKA2D '91]

Originally posted by futurestar1
Thanks, ladies. Here is my question:

What misconceptions about sorority life were disproved after gaining membership?

I have to admit it, but I didn't have any misconceptions. When I came through we didn't have all of these discussion boards/internet, etc. So, we didn't know who was interested in ANY organization, if they were interested at all. IT WAS NOT DISCUSSED! I didn't hear about this organization and that organization, nor Alpha Kappa Alpha. What I knew about AKA came from my mother. I knew she left to go meetings, activities, etc. I knew I had to wear this dress or that dress when I was in the Fashionetta, Or, I had to wear this to that activity. I knew that we had to stop by this nursing home as my mother did this that and the other. I knew that the "Honey Don'ts (kids of her chapter members) got together to do different things. So, I had no misconception about sorority life.

I knew I would be joining ladies with common goals. I knew that I would be around many ladies. I have friends (females) and I knew that we didn't always agree, so why when I gained new friends/sisters would I think that things would be different.

I think the problem lies with folks thinking that organizations are perfect. They put the members and the org on this great pedestal where they expect a certain life or something (I really don't know). I guess I'm just a nonchalant kind of girl, so I don't get "excited" by many things (unless it's Maxwell or other recording artists/celebrites etc.) LOL