Dear world,
The stereotypical sorority girl goes to parties every weekend, is not the brightest bulb in the bunch, and basically avoids the adult world, which includes the simplest things like going to class and dealing with responsibility...of any sort. Sadly, that is all a lie. Everyday starts the same, people wake up. I guess the only difference after that is how schedules are set and the ideal routine.
My mornings consist of:
1. Waking up
2. Going to the bathroom to wash my face and brush my teeth.
3. I get my clothes together.
4. I go make myself breakfast which varies. Sometimes it is an egg and toast with jam, and other times it is a quick morning energy bar (my favorite is Awake Energy Granola - Dark Chocolate and Caramel with Caffeine).
5. I then make my lunch because home made food is usually A LOT healthier then getting food at a restaurant or at the university.
6. I then get dressed and gather my books and laptop for class.
7. I hop into my car and go to my internship by 8 a.m. because I have class at either 9:30 a.m. or 11:15 a.m. depending on the day.
It always amazes me when I tell people that I am in a sorority; their assumptions about me are unfathomable. Some people have known me a fair amount of my life, yet when they hear that I have joined a sorority, they start talking down to me. The stigma is awful.
Now get this, my sorority, Alpha Sigma Alpha, has a GPA requirement and requires study hours, my sorority has the highest GPA of all Greek life on campus. My sorority encourages leadership development, through conferences, retreats and training. I have learned how to work with people of different personalities and how to become an overall better woman than I thought I could be.
I have grown a backbone to stand up and do what's needed to be done. I have a responsibility to my sorority to uphold its values to the highest degree.
The going out and partying part of college is fun but you have to be responsible; I am often a designated driver for people. The idea that sorority girls go out and end up dancing on tables is a fairly rare case as it does not happen often, at least in my experience at a small university.
A great value of Alpha Sigma Alpha is the ability to balance, as in balancing my time, my workload with family, and all the details that life holds. Not balancing on a table while intoxicated. I am a sorority girl. I work as an intern that requires 10-15 hours a week, I am a full time student who is estimated to graduate a year early with a degree and double emphasis averaging 18 credit hours a semester. I also live at home to continue spending time with my family and my dog that I got when I first came to college, all the while I have a great GPA.
I can not do it all but my sorority has taught me how to manage to do everything that I can do in a day, or in a week, and do it to the best of my ability. I have learned to give everything I have into everything I do.
Sincerely,
A Sorority Girl
