The good aspects of social clubs at Freed far outweigh the negative. As an incoming freshman, I’m very grateful for the sense of family that is found within my social club. For some people, being away from home is a big deal; they struggle with homesickness. I haven’t had that problem at all. Freed is like a second home to me, largely thanks to my club. As newcomers into the strange collegiate world, freshmen look for something to cling to, something to act as an anchor and provide stability. Social clubs do exactly that: they establish an initial comfort zone from which to build a social life. Friends should never be limited to one club, but it is always easy start out making friends in your own club and then branch when you feel comfortable. Being a naturally outgoing person, this aspect of being in a club was not as important to me. I have however heard several people with shy personalities describing how clubs facilitated meeting new people. Social clubs also host many fun activities: intramural games, club meetings, and Makin’ Music are all great ways to become active in the Freed-Hardeman community. Playing on intramural teams is a great way to get to know people and simultaneously stay in shape.
The downside to social clubs is that they have the potential to create unnecessary division between fellow Christians. Some people take club rivalries much to seriously and turn everything in to a competition that must be won at all cost. This can produce rudeness and general tension. Some people feel they can only sit with their club members at lunch, or they act much nicer to their club members than to others. The solution is to simply remember that our ultimate loyalty should be to Christ and any Christians around us, and to act accordingly. There is nothing wrong with social clubs, so long as the members do not become elitists or snobs. If people were as devoted to their faith as they often are to their social clubs, imagine what good could be accomplished!
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How true is Andrew when he states how much good could be accomplished if people were as loyal to their religion as they are to their social club. This is a down side to social clubs at Freed because we often forget that we are all in this together striving to get to heaven, but people sometimes stumble when they think they can only sit with their fellow club members at lunch. On the positive side of things I think all three of us believe that social clubs produce so much more good than the bad. There is the sense of security and family. Both Ben and Andrew talked about how social clubs can act as your second family and made you feel so much more comforted and at ease. Unlike Andrew I am not a very outgoing person and I need a little push sometimes to start a conversation or to get to know new people. These clubs help shy people find friends that share common interests easier at first, and then when they feel comfortable they can meet new friends outside of their club. To sum it up social clubs can act as families, but unfortunately, as we all know, families struggle with problems sometimes. We need to learn how to work through these struggles in a christian way.
i really enjoyed reading andrews post because most of the things he said were exactly how i felt but he expressed them in a more clear logical manner. I most of all enjoyed the thoughts about our faith and how it should play a bigger role in our lives rather than social clubs. I also agree that people shouldn't limit themselves to interacting with their sc only. this is unnecessary, rude and narrow minded and will not allow the student to get the complete freed experience.
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