Since I first stepped in University of Arkansas something called my attention, some beautiful houses around the campus with some inscriptions in Greek. At first I thoght it was some kind of foundation or institutions related to science or research, but I remembered some 80's and 90's movies that showed some houses like that, then the word fraternity came to my mind. I always wanted to know more about those organizations, because all I know I'm sure is some kind of stereotype that I got from movies.
I an quick research on the web I learned that those fraternities are groups of studentes graduated and undergraduated that cooperate each other in order to achieve better academics results, and once you take part of a house you keep being a member for life. I learned also that they have a hard selection and a lot of pre-requestings are demanded.
In Brazil we do not have any kind of organization like that, I really would like to know more about it.
Interesting reflection on a cultural aspect of what we have here. Sometimes fraternities and sororities have a bad reputation because sometimes there is negative media coverage on an out of control party or something. Yet, for the most part, you are right. Sororities and fraternities help each other grow academically, philanthropically and socially.
ReplyDeleteEven though I enjoyed that you are reflecting on this cultural aspect, remember that we try to reserve the blog for teaching reflections or something that might make a transformation in our classroom. Still if you want to write about something not related, make sure it is an extra blog OR it is in your free writing journal.