Frats
So I feel like I have to tell you other stuff than what I do every day/weekend. I heard complains from my grandparents that I don’t do enough cultural stuff :P. But I try, and there will be more. Most of all I just want to enjoy the American life, do all those corny stuff you see on in the movies. Like hanging on Collages, eat in Diners with jukeboxes, hang out with Americans, play pool and go on road trips.
I got a question from my mum today; she was asking what a Fraternity was so I’ll see if I can try to explain it (and also some other things considering collage).
When you’re on Collage (like Eddie and Dan) you can ask to join a club (Fraternity) and it’s only for guys (the club for girls is called Sorority). This club is like a club where they act a little like a family; they help each other out when needed and are all good friends, they teach people to better themselves and they also raise money for charity.
If someone wants to join a certain club they firs have to pledge to get in. It goes on for a couple of months and they get assignments to do, like raise money for charity and they also have to learn about the clubs history and participate in rituals and so on. In these Fraternities they can also get work contacts and so on.
I hope I got it all right now, Dan helped me a little bit to explain it so I hope it’s not all wrong what I just wrote :P
So lately both Eddie and Dan have been not only busy with school work but also to do all these things their different Frats asked them to do. Like meetings, interviews, dinners and so on. I don’t know if I could handle doing all of those things in once.
I should also say, here in America you go to collage 4 years but some people put their classes into 5 years too, so then it’s more like what it is back home in Sweden.
Haha I found a pic on the internet from a frat,
but I'm telling you, I've Never seen anyone
dress this well, the americans are known for
their ugly pants,shirts n ties! :P
My oldest host kid is turning 17 in about one month and only have one year last on High school. So next fall she’s applying for collage. We have a book at home with all the collages in America, the book is about 4 inches thick (10cm). It’s like the Swedish phone catalog! Let’s just say there are a hell lot of different collages to choose from. She told me she wants to go at least one or two hours away but still not to far. Annie and my hostmum (aka. Her mum!) have been around visiting different collages to figure out what she’s looking for. She still doesn’t know what she wants to study so she’s mostly looking for the collages itself.
There’s also a test you have to take when applying to collage, I think it’s a bit similar to the Swedish “högskoleprovet” and Annie been taking a class during the weekends to get help studying for the test and is now getting private lessons once a week after school too. So they put a lot of money and effort on trying to get in to a really good collage, which is really good I think. I still don’t know how she can do it, she have so many activities and schoolwork already so I must say I’m very impressed!
That was a little information about what I’ve learned about collage life so far :P
Now I’m going to prepare dinner for tonight, they asked me to do the Salmon again, I think I’ve done it once every week now for the last two months. But they like it and I really like it to so I’m not complaining at all! I want to try to make a potato casserole once, but I don’t think we have the stuff home I need to make it. I have never done one before either so it would be fun to try. I could need some help to come up with some “new” stuff to do since every time I cook I either make meatballs, Thai wok or the salmon. Please leave a comment and give me some ideas!
Catch you on the flip side!
Kul att få en så utförlig förklaring kring fraternity, tack. Jag skickar ett mail med mattips.
