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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For parents having daughters, what's their experience in a heavy greek life campus?  How did they avoid frat boys?  [/quote]

If Aliens invaded Earth, they would have a hard time understanding the idiocy of pay to play affinity groups for 18 yr olds. As an European who has lived in Asia for a while before moving to the US 4 years ago, the American Greek system is a baffling spectacle.

The rest of the world sends their kids to university for an education. Here, it seems a certain class of parents pays a premium for what amounts to a four-year networking seminar with beer. This is the great aspiration of the parvenu, the social climber who believes access can be bought.

You are not just paying dues, you are investing in the hope that your children will acquire what Bourdieu called "habitus".
 
The whole idea of Greek for us non Americans it that it is simply an enterprise sold to middle income americans as a sort of middle-management incubator, a place for those who need a pre-built structure to succeed. Americans have bought into this dream…..

“Conformity is the last refuge of the unimaginitive”
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Or… 
It not that big of a deal. It’s part of a college experience that you can join or you can ignore.

It isn’t about social climbing, or dreams, or whatever lofty thought you want to attribute to it.

There’s a lot about this world I don’t have experience with. I’m wise enough not to judge the things I don’t understand. 
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