Should I stay or go?

[KyleMcGuire1983]

Originally Posted by 33girl

exactly. We were having this same discussion in another thread. search under honeychile's name & the word "retention."

I don't think that's the issue in the OP's case though, I think she's going through a post initiation letdown which I and many others can relate to, no matter how "hard' or "easy" your pledging was. Even if you're working your butt off - you're a pledge and so there's extra attention paid to you (even if it's negative). It makes you special. Once you intiate and you're just another brother/sister, you have to find a way to cope with not being special because of your status anymore.

REE1993, I'm confused - did your GSS chapter give out bids in the same way as an NPC?? If not, then yes, obviously you would have to show you were fit for membership in some way.

You have a good point, we put on serenades and our formal mostly just for the pledges. They really are the focus of everybody's attention. The way I avoided the whole "not special" thing was by diving right into leadership. My first active semester I was Alumni Relations and Risk Reduction, my second active semester (and first eligible for an exec position) I was Vice President, then I was Secretary, and now I'm Vice President again...by far the easiest way to stand out is by taking on a leadership role.

[AKA_Monet]

/hijack

When I read the thread title, I immediately thought of the '80 punk band, The Clash, and the song:

"Should I stay or should I go..."

And we just won't say, but in school we changed the song to:

"Is that woman just a ho"...

/end hijack