Spring Recruitment at UTexas

[Hartofsec]

Originally Posted by Titchou

It was hard for me to answer the way I did and snark was part of my intention.

I'm actually kind of sorry to hear that -- especially after giving you credit for an appropriate and polite response.

Originally Posted by Titchou

The OP said she couldn't find ANY ANYWHERE. AZTheta's response was HERE IS SOME INFORMATION. And it's obvious the OP hadn't even called the Greek Life office because they would have given her SOME information...or else she just lied and said she couldn't find ANY so we'd be more sympathetic and do her work for her. If she had asked what is the best source for information on spring recruitment, that would have been a horse of a different color. But she didn't and I took her question at face value.

Maybe she meant she couldn't find any info online (which is true, considering the links provided so far) -- or maybe she didn't know she should call the Greek Life Office. Maybe she was hoping that someone with experience at UT would respond. Maybe she didn't know that she should exhaust all possible avenues of information before asking a question on this forum. Maybe she didn't know she should word her question in a different way in order to avoid eliciting snark. Or maybe she didn't know her question would be interpreted quite so literally ("ANY ANYWHERE").

MAYBE we should give her the benefit of the doubt, since she is young and obviously new to this process, instead of assuming that she "lied" so others would "do her work for her."

Originally Posted by Titchou

Hart, I'm sure that your two lovely, perfect daughters never asked for help before they had exhausted all efforts but not all teenagers are like that. Some are lazy and expect to be spoon fed. Most of us here don't cotton to that.

Perhaps this is part of the difference in perception/interpretation -- those of you who are not parents may interpret and treat questions differently than some of us who are parents -- especially those of us who have experienced a daughter participating in recruitment.

Surely you wouldn't treat a question from a PNM in real life with snark, a lecture, or an insinuation that she is lazy? So why is it okay in this forum?