Heh. I'm not a club-joiner either. I can imagine how my brain might be vibrating oddly if I had to do something similar.
Jill Smith | Homepage | 04.23.05 - 6:29 am | #

I know what you mean! I know one of my colleagues who is co-advisor of our honors society is itching to palm it off onto me (in his defense, this colleague does a buttload of stuff for the department), and I'm resisting all the way. I'll go to the events and congratulate students, but I was never part of something like this either, and it just doesn't quite click with me. Like you, I think it's important to support the nerds but this is perhaps the one service task I'm really really hoping to avoid!
New Kid on the Hallway | Homepage | 04.23.05 - 8:48 am | #

I actually really like formal ceremonies such as the one your honor society had, and I think that there can be something powerful and moving about liturgy (either religious or secular) when well done. A friend of mine who advises the French honor society described their initiation ceremony, which actually sounded very nice: the students about to be admitted to the Honor society wait outside the room, and then knock on the door and ask (in French) to be admitted, at which point the students already in the society throw open the door and invite them in and make them welcome. I thought it sounded lovely!
What Now? | Homepage | 04.23.05 - 9:55 am | #

I could have written this post, Mel.
lucyrain | Homepage | 04.24.05 - 4:30 pm | #