jackmaoist [none/use name]@hexbear.net to Chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 3 months agoCan someone explain American culture to me?hexbear.netimagemessage-square110linkfedilinkarrow-up1131arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1131arrow-down1imageCan someone explain American culture to me?hexbear.netjackmaoist [none/use name]@hexbear.net to Chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square110linkfedilinkfile-text
I legitimately don’t know what Fraternity is and why it’s normal in America and why these dudes are standing like this.
minus-squarenasezero [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up42·3 months agoThese are literally incubators for the future generations of the ruling class.
minus-squarestink@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·3 months agoDepends on where. I was responsible for our grades for a year, had access to every member’s records. Our average GPA was like a 2.3 lol. Down south is different though, real old-money types, still terrible students but they actually have connections where it doesn’t matter lol
minus-squareBelly_Beanis [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·3 months agoPeople with lower GPAs but were part of a fraternity or sorority have higher lifetime earnings than those with higher grades who were not part of Greek life. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2763720
minus-squarestink@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·3 months agoAmerica is doomed to fall with how many incompetent kids hold high positions
These are literally incubators for the future generations of the ruling class.
Depends on where. I was responsible for our grades for a year, had access to every member’s records. Our average GPA was like a 2.3 lol.
Down south is different though, real old-money types, still terrible students but they actually have connections where it doesn’t matter lol
People with lower GPAs but were part of a fraternity or sorority have higher lifetime earnings than those with higher grades who were not part of Greek life.
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2763720
America is doomed to fall with how many incompetent kids hold high positions