Pledging Experience
This third week of pledging was a completely different experience for all of us. It started off with us in a low state, but everything that we went through and learned this week has made me stronger and more ready to get through this process and become a brother. I first learned about the pains of losing a brother. Our anchor, Shivum, was forced to drop because his parents were concerned with his academics. Although I respect his decision to leave, I was still very upset because he was one of us. I learned that even in two weeks someone can become like family to you. Shivum was a complete stranger to us on our bid night, but after two weeks he was our anchor and good friend. Before this process began, I was aware that people will drop throughout this process, but I know that I must move forward. Shivum was a good brother, but we all must move forward through this process. Although he is not with us in our fall 2015 line, the pledges of the Undisputed USP Colony will always see him as one of our brothers.
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In addition, I learned about members of the Gamma Warrior.
Based on my conversation with Brother Michael Tibson on Saturday, I learned that Philadelphia was originally a city wide Gamma Warrior Chapter. Philadelphia has such a huge history with XXX and I was just astonished by it. Based on the information, everyone who was a soldier before the Tau class was a Philadelphia soldier. Brother Michael told me how the process used to be much harder years ago and seeing these soldier names gives me so much respect for them. I learned more about how important this brotherhood is to the people who crossed and the hardships they faced when going through this process. Seeing that huge list of Gamma Warrior Chapter brothers only motivates me more to be able to one day have my name written down with all of the brothers of the Undisputed USP
colony. Furthermore, my school’s line learned the week three quote. It is, “Pain is temporary, pride is forever.” We truly learned about pain during our event, especially my line brothers Josh and Ankur. By the end of the event, our bodies were in a lot of pain; even throughout the next day we were still in pain. I admit, the body sores hurt a lot, but at the end of the day I know that these pains are going to go away at some point. The statement that I made by doing my army crawls on the courts will last forever. It is your pride which will last eternally, rather than the pains. I learned that I must keep my pride in all of my actions; no matter what actions that I take, despite how painful it might be, I need to keep my pride over everything; it is these prideful moments that define all of these brothers in this brotherhood and that is what I will keep trying Finally, I learned another quote during my last take out. I learned that “the strength of the pack is in the wolf, and the strength of the wolf is in the pack.” We learned this quote when we met our line brothers from the Killa Kappa Chapter, Temple University, and the Gamma Warrior Chapter, Drexel University. It was exciting to see these brothers because I learned that we are not alone in this process. I lost one of my brothers earlier this week; now I just gained four more brothers. We are not a five man line; rather, we are a nine man line! Making our line bigger directly relates to our new quote. Every single man in this group is just as important as the whole group; the whole group will be able to affect the individual, but at the same time the individual influences the group. I learned that Philadelphia makes one line and we will be strong together. We will help each other and this group will help us individually. As one line we will get through this process. Overall, we went through hard times at the beginning of this week. It was rough, but we needed to adapt in order to go through this process. First, our line had to learn how to cope with the loss of a brother. In addition, we learned more about the history of the Gamma Warrior Chapter. Additionally, we were taught that we must rise above pain and have our pride. Finally, we learned about how important each member is in a group and we met our line brothers. This week was able to end on a positive note for our line and I know that we can do this together. We are one line, one love and we will overcome this process.
In addition, I learned about members of the Gamma Warrior.
Based on my conversation with Brother Michael Tibson on Saturday, I learned that Philadelphia was originally a city wide Gamma Warrior Chapter. Philadelphia has such a huge history with XXX and I was just astonished by it. Based on the information, everyone who was a soldier before the Tau class was a Philadelphia soldier. Brother Michael told me how the process used to be much harder years ago and seeing these soldier names gives me so much respect for them. I learned more about how important this brotherhood is to the people who crossed and the hardships they faced when going through this process. Seeing that huge list of Gamma Warrior Chapter brothers only motivates me more to be able to one day have my name written down with all of the brothers of the Undisputed USP
colony. Furthermore, my school’s line learned the week three quote. It is, “Pain is temporary, pride is forever.” We truly learned about pain during our event, especially my line brothers Josh and Ankur. By the end of the event, our bodies were in a lot of pain; even throughout the next day we were still in pain. I admit, the body sores hurt a lot, but at the end of the day I know that these pains are going to go away at some point. The statement that I made by doing my army crawls on the courts will last forever. It is your pride which will last eternally, rather than the pains. I learned that I must keep my pride in all of my actions; no matter what actions that I take, despite how painful it might be, I need to keep my pride over everything; it is these prideful moments that define all of these brothers in this brotherhood and that is what I will keep trying Finally, I learned another quote during my last take out. I learned that “the strength of the pack is in the wolf, and the strength of the wolf is in the pack.” We learned this quote when we met our line brothers from the Killa Kappa Chapter, Temple University, and the Gamma Warrior Chapter, Drexel University. It was exciting to see these brothers because I learned that we are not alone in this process. I lost one of my brothers earlier this week; now I just gained four more brothers. We are not a five man line; rather, we are a nine man line! Making our line bigger directly relates to our new quote. Every single man in this group is just as important as the whole group; the whole group will be able to affect the individual, but at the same time the individual influences the group. I learned that Philadelphia makes one line and we will be strong together. We will help each other and this group will help us individually. As one line we will get through this process. Overall, we went through hard times at the beginning of this week. It was rough, but we needed to adapt in order to go through this process. First, our line had to learn how to cope with the loss of a brother. In addition, we learned more about the history of the Gamma Warrior Chapter. Additionally, we were taught that we must rise above pain and have our pride. Finally, we learned about how important each member is in a group and we met our line brothers. This week was able to end on a positive note for our line and I know that we can do this together. We are one line, one love and we will overcome this process.