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MayaFlower · 10-06-2003, 02:09 PM

When my parents bid me adieu and sent me off to college they were very concerned with my not wanting to "rush." I decided my sophmore year I'd try it and see if I liked it. Unfortunately, the only friends I made during rush were those interested in my car, money, social status of my family....basically everything they were supposed to. Now, at a different college and seeing people walk around with their label of greek life on them I feel like I'm looking at a herd of cows. They gather together, eat together, and essentially puke up everything they talk about together...in order to form a feeling of "togetherness." I find this "greek life" somewhat to be freakish, in a way. They pay for the attention and acceptance of people, who really only care about those nastly little things called material possessions. Don't get me wrong, I love my car and all the other fun things in life....but why would I pay someone to like them along with me??? Crazy? I think not.

10-06-2003, 02:09 PM	#1 (permalink)
MayaFlower Upright Location: The Mid-West	Greeks....or Freaks? When my parents bid me adieu and sent me off to college they were very concerned with my not wanting to "rush." I decided my sophmore year I'd try it and see if I liked it. Unfortunately, the only friends I made during rush were those interested in my car, money, social status of my family....basically everything they were supposed to. Now, at a different college and seeing people walk around with their label of greek life on them I feel like I'm looking at a herd of cows. They gather together, eat together, and essentially puke up everything they talk about together...in order to form a feeling of "togetherness." I find this "greek life" somewhat to be freakish, in a way. They pay for the attention and acceptance of people, who really only care about those nastly little things called material possessions. Don't get me wrong, I love my car and all the other fun things in life....but why would I pay someone to like them along with me??? Crazy? I think not.