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First of all I would like to congratulate you for reaching this stage of your life at the place you’ve always dreamed of, Rhodes University. I must say, I am proud of you girl.
Well I understand that you may have made some silly or regrettable decisions in the early days of your year. Remember that day, Societies day, when people were signing up for different societies? That or those were decisions by a confused first year with mixed feelings on which society to join. The numerous, inviting societies of Rhodes, Rocsoc, Zimsoc, Rotaract and so forth.
There you were walking around in that big Hall, called Mullins, where tables were all over the place ,heart bursting music was booming from all angles of the room. You were so excited and amused at the funny clothes that some of the people were wearing, overalls and helmets, flattering and ‘victimising’ first years that joined the societies blindly without a clue of what they were doing, and you were one of them. Remember when that cute guy from your tutorial group winked at you and invited you to join their society? By the time he had finished talking you had already put down your signature all because of that cute guy, which was something!
The funny thing is that you joined the societies because of different, silly reasons. You walked over to one table because they were giving out chocolates and the other one because they were offering free beer and wine. You thought to yourself,’’ok I’m a fun loving and I love to paaarty, so why not join these societies?’’.At the end of the day you had joined more than five societies and you’re not even interested in some of the things these societies do, like the Greek Socety,it was more of like the ‘’Geek’’ society for you. Well funny enough, you were shocked to discover that more than five hundred rands had been deducted from your account because of the same societies.Well that was a lesson learnt.
Anyway, enjoy the rest of your year and, a word of advice; ask older students or well-informed people before putting tour signature down. Good luck in your exams.
Yours truly
Petronellar
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2 comments:
Your post really amused me, most because most of what you said was so true! Societies sign up really was a crazy night, probably just carrying on the craziness of o-week. Somehow I seemed to miss out on most of the free chocolates . The free pizza was so tempting though!
The one thing we will definitely keep in mind next year is choosing societies carefully. Getting the report on your student account is really scary; it’s a good thing your parents end up paying! I can remember phoning home: “Dad, have you looked at my student account lately? Not? Phew!”
I hope that you have made the most of your year and enjoyed the many whacky societies
Check out my experience of societies at http://1styearspread.blogspot.com/2008/09/if-you-only-knew.html.
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