a reluctant PNM faces the music

[drgnlady]

Given the intelligence of this PNM, I'm sure she realized her misconception after the fact and is just giving us her feeling in the moment. Face the Music is one of the most refreshingly self-aware PNMs ever on GC!

[SydneyK]

Originally Posted by Tulip86

I get that it's normal that all groups all use the same poems and songs but I get how an 18 year old girl who loves 1 chapter, and dislikes the other can interpret it differently.

Originally Posted by drgnlady

Given the intelligence of this PNM, I'm sure she realized her misconception after the fact and is just giving us her feeling in the moment. Face the Music is one of the most refreshingly self-aware PNMs ever on GC!

This is what I'm thinking, too. Rush can be such an overwhelming process - a process that deliberately takes people on emotional roller coaster rides. Combine that with 18 year old women taking the ride for the first time, having little clue as to what expect... I can completely see how facethemusic would feel like the material had been ripped off. Especially considering what MC said about the lack of the rusher's sincerity.

[facethemusic]

Oh my! I'm so sorry for causing so much confusion over this y'all!!

Originally Posted by drgnlady

I'm sure she realized her misconception after the fact and is just giving us her feeling in the moment.

^Exactly right. I now know that at least half the chapters on campus use some version of this poem on Pref Day. I think it's unfortunate because it probably confuses a lot of PNMs as it did myself, but I understand why it happens - it's a great addition to any Pref ceremony. I was just saying how I felt in the moment - my pref experience at Piano had been so wonderful and my experience at Violin so poor that "copying" the poem made Violin the bad guy in my mind. Ridiculous, I know, but you're just so emotionally high-strung during rush....

By the way, y'all have gotten me curious, so I've been on Google trying to figure out who (if anyone) the poem actually belongs to. I've found some stuff that seems to point to Piano as its original source, but I'm not 100% sure and my curiosity has now been irreversibly aroused. I'll let y'all know what the poem was at the end of my story and see if any of you have any insight.

On with the story!!

[MaryPoppins]

Originally Posted by facethemusic

On with the story!!

Yippee!