My last two blogs focused on what true brotherhood (i.e. being a loyal member of a fraternity) is all about & what it honestly means if one is willing to take fraternity membership seriously enough. There's one area I touched on, but only in a cursory way - I didn't do this topic any justice at all but with this entry I've made things right:
Being in a fraternity is not merely about parties. It's not just about getting involved both inside & outside the Greek system, campus, as well as within your own respective chapters. It's not merely about fulfilling your obligations & the expectations required of you as a member of your collective fraternity. There's something more to be desired & it only confirms all the more that you're living up to your chapter's standards (as well as the National level): grades.
God, grades, frat: this is the motto I lived by ever since my first days as a pledge & continued to live by this credo until I graduated. For some, focusing on academics seems a bit much to ask but it isn't. If your chapter's cumulative GPA suffers, there's always going to be people who have to be held accountable because of the following:
(1) They're viewing class as some kind of joke, rather than something compulsory;
(2) (with #1 in mind) they're not attending class regularly;
(3) they're not studying intensely, especially when the situation calls for it;
(4) they're not asking questions in class which their respective professors could help clarify for them (& which would be beneficial in the long run)...
among other factors I didn't mention.
In this day & age, fraternities with the Alpha Beta mindset toward grades (2.0ish) are the ones I frown upon the most; to me, fraternities who place partying above academics or worse yet kick academics to the curb are just plain unacceptable. The ones which gain the most respect on campus, the ones you'll always talk about in superlatives, the ones who grab awards left & right at Grand Chapter...those are the fraternities who perform at the top of their game academically & are at/near the top of the pile as far as chapter GPA goes. Those are the duders we should emulate if we truly care about our house as a whole & if we want to serve as exemplary role models within the Greek community. Not only that, but those chapters in question are the best templates one could have if we're focusing on being successful fraternities on campus. (And believe me, like academics, this takes a lot of hard work to accomplish.)
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