Mock Initiation?

[GDIfly]

I've noticed that several GLO's frown upon or specifically bar what they call "mock initiations" but I'd assume something like an initiation ritual has to be rehearsed in some way. What exactly is meant, then, by mock initiations? A fake ceremony making fun of the real ritual? Initiating an already initiated member as practice?

[L.O.C.K.]

Pretending to initiate people who are pledging, then when they really think they are getting initiated you tell them you're kidding and they're still pledging.

It's used as a mind trick usually.

I've never heard of a mock initiation. I've never been through a pretend ceremony with New Members and then "haha -- this is really how it is" Initiation.

I've been through Initiation practice. It's a rehearsal. That's it.

[Mooch279]

We do mock initiation at my chapter. But its AM's intiating the actives. When my class did it we initiated our big brothers into Sigma Epsilon Chi. We had humor to the whole thing but we drew from our experiences that we had that semester...pretty much based it off our AM ceremony. And thats really the point, reverse the roles and make them try to look at what they will be going through in a different light.

[KSUViolet06]

We have initiation rehearsal the day before the actual initiation, just because you get rusty sometimes. But that's the only "mock" initiation that I know of.

[Senusret I]

Originally Posted by Mooch279

We do mock initiation at my chapter. But its AM's intiating the actives. When my class did it we initiated our big brothers into Sigma Epsilon Chi. We had humor to the whole thing but we drew from our experiences that we had that semester...pretty much based it off our AM ceremony. And thats really the point, reverse the roles and make them try to look at what they will be going through in a different light.

You know that's a really interesting interpretation of "turn-around day" that I have heard of happening in various organizations. It could be a really good introduction to discussing what ritual is, prior to actually going through one.

And also, I have heard of "mock initiations" (as defined eloquently by L.O.C.K.) as a form of psychological hazing.

[Eirbear]

I've never heard of mock initiation before. Like many have already said, our chapter does a little rehearsal just before the initiation...running through the songs we use and the order things go in and stuff like that. Since we only do initiation twice a year, and most of the songs we use in intiation are only used for initiation, we tend to get rusty. But we don't do a "mock initiation." From what L.O.C.K. said, "mock initiation" just sounds like a really mean trick. I'm glad our chapter doesn't do that.

[ladygreek]

Originally Posted by Senusret I

You know that's a really interesting interpretation of "turn-around day" that I have heard of happening in various organizations. It could be a really good introduction to discussing what ritual is, prior to actually going through one.

And also, I have heard of "mock initiations" (as defined eloquently by L.O.C.K.) as a form of psychological hazing.

I was no fool. I slept on turn-around day and left everyone alone.