Picking
an Organization Over a Friendship
(POOF)
That’s just senseless. Picking an organization over a lengthy
friendship might seem the right thing to do, but you really need to weigh the
pros and cons; think of the overall consequences.
The organization just gave you an award—that maybe, just maybe
you deserved—but not more than I deserved—that will NOT carry over
with you to the next institution of higher learning. The organization just gave
you an all-expenses paid trip to a historic part of the country—that maybe,
just maybe you deserved—but not more than I deserved—that will also NOT carry over
with you to the next institution of higher learning.
You will soon realize that when you move on to the next level
of higher learning, the new institution and the people will NOT care about
what you did or the awards you received at the previous institution. In
essence, you will be starting all over again. You will have to meet new people,
make new connections and friends, get familiar with a different
administration and faculty, get used to different rules and regulations, etc.
You will once again be the “small fish in the big pond!"
The organization that catered to your every whim because it
was able to win over your loyalty, discretion, and traitorous ways will
not be with you anymore at the new institution. The organization will soon,
also, deem you unworthy and cumbersome. The organization will not need you to
keep its dirty little secrets anymore. It will not need you to pick their side
over the “right” side any longer. The price they paid to “buy” you over will
soon be too costly, so the organization will drop you.
Good luck trying to make new friends at the new institution when
your ill-reputation, from your prior place of learning, carries over with you.
