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Originally posted by 33girl
I don't see how paying GLO dues is any different than parents paying for new clothes every week or a car. You don't "need" either of those things in college either.
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While you "need" to wear clothes to school, not everyone goes out and buys new clothes every week.
I've worked my way through college not because I had to, but because I chose to. I hardly ever get to buy new clothes ... much less new clothes every week. If anything, I would treat myself at least once or *maybe* twice a month, but that's about it.
I think having parents be ***required*** to pay their child's dues is a little extreme.
If parents want to do it, fine. Mine said they didn't have a problem with it, but I worked to pay my own dues (in addition to other things like my cell phone, credit cards, rent, and even utilities). I paid my my own dues when I joined Delta Sigma Pi, and I paid my own way when I joined Alpha Delta Pi. When I joined both these organizations, I knew full and well what the financial responsibilites were going to be and I wouldn't have joined if I didn't think I could take on the financial responsibility myself.
Sure some parents throw money at their kids every week for new clothes, or whatever, but that's great. Not everyone wants to have money thrown at them. I can totally understand some parents not wanting their kids to work during college b/c it would "take away from their study time" ... because my parents didn't want me to work either, but I was a little realistic... how much of that time do people *really* use to study (you know.. besides the big cram the night before the test
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