Debunking the Sorority Women Airhead Myth

[DSTCHAOS]

Originally Posted by gtdxeric

Women are smart, men are dumb. Greek women are smarter than non-Greek women. None of the stereotypes are true, except the good ones.

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[Ilaria Ame]

Originally Posted by OhSoVeryLadylike

Elementary Education is CAKE major??

well, back awhile ago it wasn't nearly as difficult. now ya'll have to deal with PRAXIS or comparable exams, student teaching, and final portfolios that you can't re-do. my fiance is secondary math ed and a lot of his friends are elementary, so i'm saying all this from the outside. let me know if i've got misinformation

[Ilaria Ame]

Originally Posted by gtdxeric

Women are smart, men are dumb. Greek women are smarter than non-Greek women. None of the stereotypes are true, except the good ones.

Next thread!

<3

[LaneSig]

Originally Posted by OhSoVeryLadylike

Elementary Education is CAKE major??

Thank you. No, it's not. Okay, maybe it isn't Rocket Science or Nuclear Physics, but it's not a 'cakewalk', either. You have to have a minimum 3.0 to student teach (some schools higher). And, how many people could go and face 22 6-year-olds or 6 classes of 30-35 7th Graders?

[OhSoVeryLadylike]

Originally Posted by LaneSig

Thank you. No, it's not. Okay, maybe it isn't Rocket Science or Nuclear Physics, but it's not a 'cakewalk', either. You have to have a minimum 3.0 to student teach (some schools higher). And, how many people could go and face 22 6-year-olds or 6 classes of 30-35 7th Graders?

That's more of what I was thinking. I was a poli sci major (one of the more intense majors at my school because of the department's prestige) but in the Honors College at my University there were always STRESSED out education majors...and their coursework was so varying...which led to more stress over having to know a little of everything...

[exlurker]

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

I usually point out to people who think sorority women are stupid that the sorority chapter GPAs (3.0 and up) are consistently higher than the all women's average (like a 2.4).

Depends on the campus, but what you mention is often true; for instance, see the latest figures from the U. of Delaware at

http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/m...eks030408.html

A quote or two from the U. of Delaware story:

Sorority sisters' GPAs averaged 3.31 for the fall semester while their nonsorority counterparts earned an average of 3.10. Fraternity brothers earned an average 3.04 GPA for the fall semester compared to the nonfraternity male average of 2.86. The all-Greek GPA rose to an all-time high of 3.2.

The Greeks saw a 92 percent New Member Retention rate, showing that more people are completing the new member programming. . . .

CAP is an evaluation system created by the Interfraternity Council and the Panhellenic Council, in coordination with the Student Centers and the Faculty Senate, to improve the management and the quality of sorority and fraternity chapters.

Scores are based on four standards--academics, chapter management, membership development and community involvement. This year's scores are on the CAP Web site at [http://www.udel.edu/student-centers/...fall2007.html]. . . .