When you were in High School...

Hello Sorors and Sisterfriends,

This post isn't about Delta or AKA types of high school clubs, but it falls in the general area.
At my old high school there is this club called HKK which stands for Hi King Klub. It traditionally consisted of the so-called "well-off" white girls. The girls pledge their junior year and are members their senior year. They have hell week and openly haze at football games (it's more controlled now than it was 10 years ago), the town square, and at school. The girls were forced to go without make-up (not a pretty sight), wear ponytails and the same dress all week without washing, couldn't talk to boys, etc. Parents of these girls support this, even if the "big sisters" come to their house at 2 or 3 in the morning on school nights and take their daughters. It was okay with them. But on the positive side they have banquets, car washes, and other fundraisers, so the girls do community service. But I did the same thing with Key Club without the hazing. I guess it's considered more of a prestige thing or honor to be a member of that club.

Now when we went to the counselors and principals wanting to start our own club. We were told no, it would be unorganized, considered a gang, yada, yada, yada. So we didn't pursue it. However, in '98, three black girls did join and they said it isn't what everybody on the outside thinks it is. They seemed to enjoy it and get along with the other members.

But I do think that this particular club gives the wrong impression (at least the initiation phase) of what sisterhood should be about. But when you live in a small East Texas town, you can get away with these types of things.