Daughter's friend's recruitment

[SusySorostitute]

Originally Posted by ellebud

A filter and an edit button are importent companions.

Originally Posted by annabella

Yes.

Oh, come on! No one else sees the irony here? "importent"?

[ellebud]

You are correct. I did not edit: important. With all due apologies I have much on my mind today. But I knew it looked wrong and just couldn't focus on it. BUT, the sentiment is correct. Keep your mind and mouth in a synchronized and interfaced gear. (Although in verbal communication spelling isn't the main issue.)

[AOEforme]

Originally Posted by tld221

ok this must be my Northeastern snootiness showing, but why do the "omgeezy im sooooo smart i got XX on the ACTs" posters always quote ACT scores? i know we've discussed this on GC before, but clearly all these wannabe, entitled hot messes are coming from the same part of the country.

now had you said "i got a 2300 on the SATs"... well i'd still give you side-eye, but at least for many of us, it would legitimatize your so-called smarts.

and you watch greek... umm, good for you?

Geez- there must be something in the water here! Maybe it's the cold? Maybe Midwestern kindness has become entitlement?

I feel so bad for all the people who are going to have to deal with this little freshnan next year.

And I got a 32 on my ACT. And a 2200 on my SAT... So there. Nanny. Nanny. Boo. Boo.

Originally Posted by lovespink88

lololol

So if I start watching Grey's Anatomy, will that help prepare me to be a doctor??? AWESOME!!! Why did I even go to college??!?!!

[lovespink88]

Originally Posted by AOEforme

(You and I both know it's Scrubs that teaches you how to really be a Dr! )

[AOII Angel]

She reminds me so much of my little sister (bio). Even at 28, there are times when you just can't reason with her. I think it's a lack of logic skills. At some point, with this girl, it has to be a lack of reading comprehension as well. I don't think we can say this stuff any other way...it's been sugar coated, stated bluntly, spelled out in infinite detail and even blasted with the "tough love" method by at least 6 different people. But!! We all just want her to not get the house she wants. Wow! It's so much fun running these great Greek conspiracies!

[violetpretty]

Originally Posted by lovespink88

(You and I both know it's Scrubs that teaches you how to really be a Dr! )

Totally.

[SydneyK]

Originally Posted by ellebud

You see, the problem isn't that you don't proof your grammar/spelling and/or punctuation. I am now saying this as a mom (I do that a lot I guess): The problem is that you aren't reading for content and how you come across. Truly, if you are in a recruitment party and your mind isn't in gear with your mouth you will say or do something unfortunate. And since I went through, as did my daughters, a VERY competitive recruitment system, thinking before writing or speaking is imperative.

Beautifully put, ellebud.

[AZTheta]

Here is a suggestion for RCB:

Go out and do some service work. Volunteer at a local food bank, a soup kitchen, a church that provides assistance to the homeless, a shelter for children who have been abused by their parents, a hospital pediatric ward for cancer patients, a nursing home. The list of meaningful volunteer opportunities is endless.

Do this for 12 weeks, consecutive, same time, same day. You've already taken your entrance exams, been admitted to college, you're just wrapping up the last few weeks of high school. You have time.

Here's the catch: you do not get to tell anyone what you are doing, other than your parents. No bragging, no tooting your own horn; it's not truly service work if you're advertising how wonderful you are while doing it. You simply go give back to your community, and the world, a little of what has been given to you.

Then, please come back and talk with us about what is truly important. I am willing to wager that you are going to be a completely different person and have a totally fresh perspective on the idea of becoming a member of a greek organization. And I predict that you're going to be a lot happier.

If not, you will be the first lost cause I've ever encountered. But I am betting that you won't let yourself, or us, down.

[AOII Angel]

Great idea, Maria! Of all the advice given, I think your's would help her and most of the women seeking recruitment advice here on GC than a lot of the pleading about open mindedness, talk of lifetime commitment and sisterhood will.

[annabella]

Originally Posted by SusySorostitute

Oh, come on! No one else sees the irony here? "importent"?

I didn't want to point out a typo in an otherwise eloquent post from a normally coherent poster.

[ree-Xi]

Originally Posted by AzTheta

Here is a suggestion for RCB:

Go out and do some service work. Volunteer at a local food bank, a soup kitchen, a church that provides assistance to the homeless, a shelter for children who have been abused by their parents, a hospital pediatric ward for cancer patients, a nursing home. The list of meaningful volunteer opportunities is endless.

Do this for 12 weeks, consecutive, same time, same day. You've already taken your entrance exams, been admitted to college, you're just wrapping up the last few weeks of high school. You have time.

Here's the catch: you do not get to tell anyone what you are doing, other than your parents. No bragging, no tooting your own horn; it's not truly service work if you're advertising how wonderful you are while doing it. You simply go give back to your community, and the world, a little of what has been given to you.

Then, please come back and talk with us about what is truly important. I am willing to wager that you are going to be a completely different person and have a totally fresh perspective on the idea of becoming a member of a greek organization. And I predict that you're going to be a lot happier.

If not, you will be the first lost cause I've ever encountered. But I am betting that you won't let yourself, or us, down.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by annabella

I didn't want to point out a typo in an otherwise eloquent post from a normally coherent poster.

Excuses, excuses, excuses....

You can edit the posts that you quote. It's a more subtle way of making the correction.

[annabella]

I already had.... haha I just felt like this was a battle-picking thread if ever there was one.

[aggieadpi_01]

[tinydancer]

Originally Posted by Munchkin03

WHATEVER! I do what I want!

Obviously, she does not respect our authoritah.

(just had to go South Park on someone)