Sorority Life
I had always wondered what it would be like inside a sorority.
When I was in college, I did not pledge, mainly because I didn’t have enough money to pay for dues. Getting a job was problematic because of my lack of vehicle at the time. (I did have a job working about 9 hours a week, but it didn’t pay very much.)
I had several acquaintances that were in a sorority. Mainly, they hung out exclusively with each other. Although they did hang out with us independents on occasion, they saw each other as their group of friends. It happens, though.
Sorority life, for me, seemed to be filled with a certain mystique. I wanted to know what the traditions were…if any of the rumors were true about them. But because I was unwilling to shell out $1200/year in dues, I was not privy to that information.
The other day, I came across the book Pledged. It is about a girl that did get inside sorority life. She interviewed four girls that were in a sorority. (Of course, she changed their names for privacy.) I checked it out from the library.
So far, it is very interesting. I haven’t gotten all the way through it yet. However, I am surprised at how much drug use and recreational sex goes on in sorority houses. The houses at UCO (where I attended school) had this image of pristinity about them. Or, at least, one or two of them did.
I was also surprised at the amount of "inner cliquishness” that goes on in houses. I guess I assumed that the sisters in a house were pretty much unified. But in the house that the author wrote about, there were several “groups within the group.”
I wasn’t surprised by the cost of the sororities. I know that a lot of the sisters in the house where my acquaintances were had several "special sisters" to whom they gave expensive gifts.
Overall, the book seems interesting so far. I can’t wait to read the book more thoroughly.
When I was in college, I did not pledge, mainly because I didn’t have enough money to pay for dues. Getting a job was problematic because of my lack of vehicle at the time. (I did have a job working about 9 hours a week, but it didn’t pay very much.)
I had several acquaintances that were in a sorority. Mainly, they hung out exclusively with each other. Although they did hang out with us independents on occasion, they saw each other as their group of friends. It happens, though.
Sorority life, for me, seemed to be filled with a certain mystique. I wanted to know what the traditions were…if any of the rumors were true about them. But because I was unwilling to shell out $1200/year in dues, I was not privy to that information.
The other day, I came across the book Pledged. It is about a girl that did get inside sorority life. She interviewed four girls that were in a sorority. (Of course, she changed their names for privacy.) I checked it out from the library.
So far, it is very interesting. I haven’t gotten all the way through it yet. However, I am surprised at how much drug use and recreational sex goes on in sorority houses. The houses at UCO (where I attended school) had this image of pristinity about them. Or, at least, one or two of them did.
I was also surprised at the amount of "inner cliquishness” that goes on in houses. I guess I assumed that the sisters in a house were pretty much unified. But in the house that the author wrote about, there were several “groups within the group.”
I wasn’t surprised by the cost of the sororities. I know that a lot of the sisters in the house where my acquaintances were had several "special sisters" to whom they gave expensive gifts.
Overall, the book seems interesting so far. I can’t wait to read the book more thoroughly.
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