So today, I wanted to share with you the good, bad, and ugly parts of being in a sorority. Keep in mind while reading this that I’m speaking from my own experience at a smaller university. Everyone will have their own experiences. Without further ado, let’s get into this! THE GOODI am absolutely thrilled that I joined a sorority for a number of reasons. However, there are unfortunately more bad and ugly things to consider before you choose Greek life on your campus. The first really good thing about joining a sorority is, if you join the right one, you are surrounded by a number of like-minded individuals who often care about the same things as you do. I loved that about my sorority!
Next, I really appreciated that, at my school, academics and involvement were always highly praised in the Greek system. I was awarded the Greek with the highest GPA award two years in a row. Our Greek system also gave awards for social events and philanthropy.
I learned that leaders have a really stressful job. While in my sorority, I served as both Vice President/Rush Chair and President. These were both extraordinarily difficult positions to hold, but I did the best I could with the life knowledge I had. THE BAD AND THE UGLYI’m just going to combine these two because they both can apply to all the situations I’m going to name here.
And if issues with other organizations aren’t enough, you will likely have situations where there is some sort of disparity in your own organization that causes fighting and issues among your members. This could be because of attendance, academic status, leadership issues, and more. If you’re in any position of leadership during these things, it all falls on you. It doesn’t matter if you’re staying neutral in your opinion.
CLOSING THOUGHTSAll-in-all, I wouldn’t be who I am today if I hadn’t gone Greek. Some closing thoughts are that hazing was never an issue for me. My college has a no-tolerance hazing policy, and I believe there are state laws that are sort of against it, too. If you’re worried about that, talk to the Greek life coordinator at your college about that.
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3/8/2019 INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY: MY MOST INSPIRATIONAL WOMEN FROM EACH DECADE IN THE LAST 100 YEARSRead NowHappy International Women’s Day! I wanted to take today’s blog post and make it all about some of the women of the world who are my inspirations. This isn’t my idea. I actually saw this on a recent blog post I read and commented on, and also on a post from Marie Claire magazine. Please go check out the original post from Hannah Mary! She posted about her most inspirational women television characters. Check it out here: https://hanmwill.com/inspiring-women-tv-edition. Today, I want to focus on some of the women who inspire me, real or fictional, from the last 100 years. 1910 - WINIFRED BANKS, FICTIONAL CHARACTER 1920 – HELEN KELLER, DISABILITY ACTIVIST
1930 – ZORA NEALE HURSTON, WRITER
1940 – ANNE FRANK & MIEP GIES, WWII ICONS
1950 - ROSA PARKS, CIVIL RIGHTS ICON
1960 – SKEETER PHELAN, FICTIONAL CHARACTER
1970 – GLORIA STEINEM, JOURNALIST
1980 – MATILDA, FICTIONAL CHARACTER
1990 - SELENA QUINTANILLA, SINGER/WRITER
2000 – J.K ROWLING, AUTHOR
PRESENT - SUSAN ISAAC, MOTHER
LEGAL: All images were taken from Google's "Free to use or share, even commercially," filter. The last picture is one of my mother, which she does not mind me using. The first picture is taken from Giphy.
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