mentoring

[Sharon Metzger]

I kind of think the program worked fine without anything more 
structured/mandated.  "Little brother", "big sister", etc., became terms of 
endearment, whether or not you continued to move in the same circles.  When 
time becomes precious as the semester kicks in, "having" to spend time with 
someone becomes a burden, even if you don't mind their company.

For the record, I had 3 little brothers -- Ashley Salter, Erich Buehler, 
and Jonathan Jordan.

Do they still recruit rising seniors to write letters to rising juniors the 
summer before to answer questions?  I had a great letter writer whose name 
completely escapes me (Lisa something? '84) who answered all kinds of 
questions before I thought of them -- from dorm life to teachers, pros and 
cons of asking to room with someone you knew, etc., etc.

Sharon

At 12:13 PM 1/8/02 -0500, Nicholas Soucy wrote:
>In my time, the program had largely become a joke.  Single guys would sign
>up for 3 Junior Sisters, in an attempt to get lucky.  They program would
>take off right at the start, but most of the time, nobody did anything with
>their senior siblings after the ice cream social at the start.
>
>I had a great Senior Sister, and she was great to have around.  I just wish
>her then boy friend wasn't so jealous.  Despite the fact that I had a very
>serious girlfriend of my own, he continued to think that I would try and
>make a move on my Senior Sister.
>
>Nick Soucy
>c/o 99
>
>
> > As for the big brother/sister program, it seems to
> > have died. I had a big sister when I was a junior, but
> > my senior year, student life decided to scrap the
> > program. In a vain attempt to do something, the RLAs
> > compiled a list and tried to give all the juniors
> > senior siblings, but it never really worked out that
> > well, I don't think. As far as I know, that program is
> > dead, which I think is unfortunate.
> >
> > Brian J. Tajuddin
> > c/o '01


Sharon (Belville) Metzger
NCSSM '85, etc.
http://mit.edu/belville/Ncssm/ncssm.html