Chapter I (Introduction).docx
- 1. Chapter I Introduction Some acknowledge the benefits of Greek organizations for both the individuals who participate in them and for the institution. A fraternity or sorority can provide a caring and supportive subcommunity where students develop interpersonal and leadership skills (Baquilid, 2014), make friends, learn how an organization works, develop a common cause, participate in community service, and have fun (Kokemuller, 2016). At the same time, fraternities and sororities are under fire for behavior that is seen as antithetical to both the goals of higher education and to the ideals upon which the national organizations were founded. Many question the compatibility of Greek organizations with the academy’s educational purposes, values, and attitudes. In particular, Greek organizations are questioned for organizational practices that promote status distinction, reinforce conformity and social apathy, and denigrate individual worth and dignity. Incidents of alcohol abuse, hazing, sexual assault, and poor academic performance are often the focus of media attention. A fraternity exists on the premise that a man is by nature a social being and needs the companionship with his fellow man. It also provides a structure, and an environment in which close friendships can flourish, bringing each of the fraternity members closer to
- 2. themselves. It is by no means the only organization in which a student might mature and develop lifelong friends. Just one of the many in which minds are shaped and imaginations flourish within its settings. It is not unlike any other human institution, it encourages it’s members to make a commitment to something outside themselves, such as participating in charity events, events to benefit the homeless, raise money for the poor and commit themselves to learn about one another. Student’s commitments to a fraternity, provides a structure within where these commitments can be acted out, in such things as rituals of pledging and initiation. A ritual is only one way of expressing a fraternities ideals and aspirations. The organizations name, tradition, and history carries much symbolic importance to all who are a part of it. One of the benefits of joining fraternity is to enhance the members’ leadership skills and abilities. For instance, During the retreat, leaders of the fraternity and sorority community will participate in team building exercises, small group facilitation discussions as well as participate in large group conversations. The goal of the retreat is to get community members to better understand the current state of the community and begin to understand how they can create change and become better values based leaders. Conversely, there are also negative effects of it to the students. First, is the ritual most people connect with negative outcomes in fraternities is hazing. It refers to the
- 3. initiation rituals, customs or traditions new pledges must be a part of in order to join. Hazing practices have caused deaths and injuries after fraternity leaders subjected pledges to dangerous tasks like binge drinking, locking them in enclosed spaces or asking them to perform risky physical stunts. They are not only dangerous to the individuals who must perform them, but they also compromise the reputation and integrity of the fraternity as a whole. Second is alcohol consumption most fraternities are also known for being gatekeepers of the alcohol supply on campus. Underage students know they can drink at fraternity parties, which are usually hosted at fraternity housing. By offering underage students access to alcohol, fraternities promote illegal drinking, which often leads to hospitalizations for alcohol poisoning or alcohol-induced injuries. While some fraternities try to keep underage students out of their parties, many don't check ID's and will allow even high school students to attend -- especially underage girls. This also results to misbevior of the students. And lastly, it has a consequence to the students academic performance because most fraternities needs time commitment Background of the Study A fraternity exists on the premise that a man is by nature a social being and needs the companionship with his fellow man. People join organizations for many reasons they want to get involved, meet people, make new friends, explore
- 4. interests, develop leadership skills and have fun. Groups needs new members because they bring new ideas and talents. However, due to the incidents of members involving in different crimes such as hazing, alcohol abuse and misbehavior people think that joining fraternities is dangerous or worse can cause death to another person. Due to this there are misconception about fraternities to the point that when they hear the word “frat” what comes to their mind it is a bad thing not knowing there are also positive effects of it. In order to enlightens the mind of everyone the researcher conducted this study to focus on the values and mission: service, leadership, relationships, and reasons of each member. To provides opportunities for development, promotes persistence, more interaction with peers, and to find a meaningful involvement in campus organizations as a contributor to student development, growth, and success. For many students, fraternity or sorority membership provides such meaningful involvement. Scope and Delimitation This study will be conducted in San Miguel National High School located in San Miguel Leyte. It is only delimited to the students who are members or affiliated to fraternities. There are total of 100 respondents that are chosen in the population. The
- 5. researcher will be using Simple Random Sampling, 50 respondents to those who are members or affiliated to fraternities and 50 respondents to those who are not members or affiliated to compare which of the both are affected negatively and positively. Significance if the Study The findings of this study were beneficial or important to the following people: First are the teachers, this will provide ideas about the behavior and skills that the students adopted. Next, parents, this will give insights on how they can exhibit responsibilities to their children and how can they prevent them in fostering bad attitudes. And lastly, is to the future researcher it will provide basis for the conduction of future research about the effects of joining fraternities and possibly on a wider involving other areas or variables. Because of this it will help them understand the reasons for joining fraternities and to be able to help them cope up with their individual problems and concerns. Sampling Data was collected from a randomly selected sample of a total of 100 Grade 10 students, randomly selected 50 respondents to those who are members or affiliated to fraternities and randomly selected 50 respondents to those who are not members or affiliated, to compare which of the both are affected negatively and positively. It was
- 6. collected in San Miguel National High School located in San Miguel, Leyte. The data for the study will be collected by personal visits of the schools through conducting standardized questionnaire for Grade 10 students. Since the researcher could not involve all these adolescents, then there was the need for randomization for effectiveness and efficiency in all the respondents who will answer to the questionnaire. The researcher will also randomly select a sample of Grade 10 students who were not a member or affiliated to any fraternities in order to compare both, to know if members of Greek letter can also excel in class and who are affected negatively and positively. Research Setting The locality where the researcher conducts this study is in San Miguel, Leyte which is 13 km far from Holy Trinity College. Respondents This study has a total of 100 respondents of Grade 10 students, a randomly selected 50 respondents to those who are members or affiliated to fraternities and a randomly selected 50 respondents to those who are not members or affiliated, to compare which of the both are affected negatively and positively. The researcher chooses the Grade 10 students because most of them are members or affiliated to fraternities and there are also
- 7. cases that involves them such as crimes or violence whether they are a member or not. Therefore, they can give the true, generalize and practical effects of membership in fraternity. Research Instrument To identify the different Effects of Fraternities to the students, the researcher uses a standardized questionnaire. The respondents needs to put a check mark on his or her level of agree or disagree or what is needed to be fill. To measure the effect of it to an individual it is based on five aspects: common fraternities, attitudes, skills, reasons and school performance of students Currently, there are many Greek organization, the researcher wants to identify what are the present fraternities in San Miguel National High School and their traditions and purposes. It is important to know what are the attitudes that they adopt to distinguish if there negative or positive behavior is related after joining. According to several studies there are skills that students can enhance in fraternities such as communication and leadership skill. There are several reasons why students join Greek organizations that pushes them to sign up whether personally or peer pressure. School Performance of students is very much important if they excel in class even if they are members of a fraternity.
- 8. THE PROBLEM Statement of the Problem The main purpose of this study is to find out the Effects of Fraternities to the School Performance of Grade 10 Students in San Miguel National High School School Year 2019- 2020 To be more specific, the following research question will be addressed to the total result of the study: 1. What are the common fraternities? 2. What are the reason why students join fraternity? 3. What attitudes do students shows in school after joining fraternity? 4. What skills do students adopt in joining fraternity? 5. What is the school performance of members and not members of fraternity? Null Hypothesis Ho: There is no significant effect of fraternities to the academic performance of the students.
- 9. Definition of Terms Greek Letter. is another term for the members of fraternities Non-Greek Letter. is another term for not a member of a fraternities Hazing. is an initiation rights of a fraternity that may harm the person who wants to join. Fraternity. is an organization, society, club or fraternal order traditionally of men associated together for various religious or secular aims. School Performance. is the extent to which a student has achieved their short or long-term educational goals.