Go figure. The Sigma Sigma Sigma national greek organization and MSU find that a sorority on campus is consistently disregarding warnings and violating rules. Who is at fault? The girls blame the university and Tri Sig nationals. They are just being too unfair.
My daughter can tell you my response to that: A fair is where pigs compete for ribbons.
The Moms of the new initiates are all up in arms that their poor angel babies are going to miss out on the greek experience. As if the only experience that counts in college is a greek one. The excuse, of course, is that everyone is doing it. I expect that kind of response from a teenager. For a Mother to proclaim the same (about underage drinking and other infractions) is stupendiously ridiculous. Who are these people?
I'll tell you who they are. They are the same moms, called Helicopter Moms, who run to their angel baby's rescue when a school teacher tries to actually correct that student. Afterall, their little girly-girls would never do anything to anyone. They would never stir up trouble or do inferior school work. Not that school work is the issue.
Obviously school work – an education – is not the top priority of any of these ladies or their parents. Sure, there is a lot of underage drinking in college. It is typical, but that does not mean that the university looks the other way. When you get caught, I assure you that the university brings down sanctions.
Just ask the several fraternities that have been kicked off campus over the years. These moms have been defending their sweeties since elementary school and now we see the ramifications. Sometimes kids need to be allowed to fail – and most importantly – to learn from that failure.
Read this story, and this one, and this one from the News-Leader.
My daughter can tell you my response to that: A fair is where pigs compete for ribbons.
The Moms of the new initiates are all up in arms that their poor angel babies are going to miss out on the greek experience. As if the only experience that counts in college is a greek one. The excuse, of course, is that everyone is doing it. I expect that kind of response from a teenager. For a Mother to proclaim the same (about underage drinking and other infractions) is stupendiously ridiculous. Who are these people?
I'll tell you who they are. They are the same moms, called Helicopter Moms, who run to their angel baby's rescue when a school teacher tries to actually correct that student. Afterall, their little girly-girls would never do anything to anyone. They would never stir up trouble or do inferior school work. Not that school work is the issue.
Obviously school work – an education – is not the top priority of any of these ladies or their parents. Sure, there is a lot of underage drinking in college. It is typical, but that does not mean that the university looks the other way. When you get caught, I assure you that the university brings down sanctions.
Just ask the several fraternities that have been kicked off campus over the years. These moms have been defending their sweeties since elementary school and now we see the ramifications. Sometimes kids need to be allowed to fail – and most importantly – to learn from that failure.
Read this story, and this one, and this one from the News-Leader.
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True story. I spoke last week with a Helicopter Mom who WENT ON A JOB INTERVIEW WITH HER 18-YEAR OLD SON. She said, "I dressed real cute so that they'd pay attention. I wanted them to realize that he's not just an ordinary kid. He's very special."
She wonders why he didn't get the job.
Pigs and ribbons...I'm going to start using that one.
Granny: that is crazy.
Well said Jack.
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