<p>So for all you that are already in college, how much can you relate to all that we see in the show Greek on ABC?</p>
<p>it's a TV show...</p>
<p>i watched a few of the episodes, but never got into it cause it seemed dumb to watch a show about something i'm living(pretty sure that didn't make sense, but whatever)</p>
<p>only thing that i can remember that happened that made me think about the show(i think it was called hazed and confused?: after he was at the house for the night when he was pledging and looked horrible, and went to class and the prof said something about rather him being homeless than pledging..) was the first time my calc 2 class met it was a wednesday, and that's when pretty much everyone in a fraternity/sorority wears their jersey, or at the least letters, at my school. i had a class right before, so got there just as the class was starting(figure that didn't make the best first impression), and i was the only person in a jersey(or with letters)...he didn't come out and say anything, but it was pretty clear he didn't want me in the class: while looking directly at me saying "we have our own hazing, here's your first problem set; you have to finish it to be in the calc frat," out of habbit i corrected "it's fraternity." also not the best move, but whatever.</p>
<p>Is frat not a proper shortened version of fraternity? Are you an ******* anytime somebody calls it a dorm instead of a dormitory? What if they say cell phone instead of cellular telephone?</p>
<p>no, yes, yes. i'm guessing the asterisks mean "super great guy," correct? or something to that extent, i'm sure.
however, i can't see what this has to do with the abc show Greek.</p>
<p>I'm not Greek (several friends are), and most refer to their houses as fraternities, not frats. The word "frat" generally has a negative connotation, while "fraternity" does not. Fraternity could be a social Greek organization, or honors organization. Nobody would refer to the Business Honors Fraternity as a "frat" but they wouldn't think twice about calling the Sigma Alpha Epsilon (just an example) a "frat"--they would just do it. Except for members of the Greek community. The guys I know don't call their brothers their "frat brothers" but they do call them either just their "brothers" or "fraternity brothers". </p>
<p>Maybe that's just my campus, which has a very active and positive Greek society.</p>
<p>If college was as exciting as that show, I would have failed a few classes so I could have stuck around for a few extra years.</p>
<p>I can relate to the scenes where they're filming right outside my building.</p>
<p>As for the frat/fraternity issue...</p>
<p>you wouldn't call your country a "See You N Tee", would you?</p>