Greek Life
rico05 wrote:All friends test you. I don't trust someone with my car 10 minutes after meeting them. In a frat, there is a common bond: you all had too through the same ordeal: pledging.
Maybe its just me, but I prefer a firm handshake and some time over a formal test. I find the idea of a pledging process offensive... but thats just me. Some may see it as a binding agreement of trust. I see it as being disrespected. I'm belligerently fierce about my independence. No matter what group I joined, I'd have to lead it and own it to feel comfortable in it. I trust those that I control, or those that give their trust to me first.
rico05 wrote:So off the bat, you have a common bond. And not all of us can be rich kids like you so we have to go to a state school where profs may need some encouraging to get ahold of and the sheer number of students makes meeting new people hard for some (there are 45,000 students at my campus).
Doesnt more people make it easier to meet people? I go to a tiny private school. Most of my time spent there is purely academic. Library, working on a project, talking with an advisor or professor, or sitting in class. Most of my actual friends work or go to other schools.
I have all the good friends and family I could ever want... college isnt much a lifestyle for me, its just a job that need I do until I'm done. High school was much the same. I cant really get into it and go nuts.
If I went to a college or university isolated in a small college town where the college IS the town, I could see meeting different people becoming a bit of an issue.
And St. Louis is a big city. With over 4 million people at my disposal (and very limited free time during school anyway) its not much of a problem.
-Jesda
