Adults going to alumni events for schools they didn't attend: odd?
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I'm active in my school's alumni association, and we have lots of events in town: usually several per day, plus a large alumni clubhouse. The alumni association is large and a lot of other people in it have done very well in their careers. There are constantly people who didn't attend my school who attend the alumni events.
Question: Isn't it odd to attend alumni events (both career-oriented and purely social ones) for a school that you didn't attend?
I am invited every now and then by coworkers to attend their schools' career-oriented alumni events, and I decline; it just seems weird, in part because one of the topics of conversation is always, "when did you graduate?"
Pay to play? then those who pay get to play! (Alumni or not)
Very selfish to restrict access to people who may have had many circumstances that dis-allowed them to make the choice or have access to the school in question. Maybe they are from overseas with limited access to THEIR own Alma Mater. Maybe their life has changed significantly since they were students and NOW they desire to contribute to the education / plans / success of others.
Maybe they made mistakes? (I have made a few).
At age 18 I became the caregiver for a disabled parent, so I have no 'Alumni' organization to associate with. Many others in my boat. But we are lifelong students and teachers without 'fellow alumni'...
Interesting subject, as they say.... "First World Problems" (of the 'entitled')
this is kind of weird. if an alumni organization wants to limit their events to only alumni, i dont see that as inappropriate in any way.
I think it is weird to want to go to some alumni event without actually be a graduate of the school, or at the minimum, ever being part of the school like a few classes or something.
I think it is weird to want to go to some alumni event without actually be a graduate of the school, or at the minimum, ever being part of the school like a few classes or something.
its probably a good place to meet intelligent people for dating (or hooking up). like back in college.
there are a variety of reasons for someone to want to do it. so i dont see it as the least bit weird. it just may seem strange to someone who hasnt thought about why someone would do it.
i bet if you asked these people why they do it, they have perfectly rational reasons.
But how do they have activities EVERY DAY? Is there really something going on every evening when people get off work?
There are lots of events every day. It's a large school with its own alumni building in town. Events are generally for networking (or similar career-focused things). They aren't like high school reunions--they're for business development, generally (whether overtly so or not), and sub-groups of the alumni association (e.g., recent graduates, lawyers, people in real estate) have their own events, often with speakers.
its probably a good place to meet intelligent people for dating (or hooking up). like back in college.
there are a variety of reasons for someone to want to do it. so i dont see it as the least bit weird. it just may seem strange to someone who hasnt thought about why someone would do it.
i bet if you asked these people why they do it, they have perfectly rational reasons.
Eh, maybe, I guess if view it from not a reunion mindset, but from a networking mindset, it makes sense. I guess the ultimate purpose/intent of the alumni gathering would be important.
This is simply one more issue for the "unfathomable" pile. Go, have a good time, don't be so concerned about that which doesn't outright affect you, and now--back to real world education concerns...
Pay to play? then those who pay get to play! (Alumni or not)
Very selfish to restrict access to people who may have had many circumstances that dis-allowed them to make the choice or have access to the school in question. Maybe they are from overseas with limited access to THEIR own Alma Mater. Maybe their life has changed significantly since they were students and NOW they desire to contribute to the education / plans / success of others.
Maybe they made mistakes? (I have made a few).
At age 18 I became the caregiver for a disabled parent, so I have no 'Alumni' organization to associate with. Many others in my boat. But we are lifelong students and teachers without 'fellow alumni'...
Interesting subject, as they say.... "First World Problems" (of the 'entitled')
Reminds me of the stolen valor types that washed out but wear medals and uniforms they didn't earn.
This is simply one more issue for the "unfathomable" pile. Go, have a good time, don't be so concerned about that which doesn't outright affect you, and now--back to real world education concerns...
It does affect me. If I go to an alumni event, it's to meet other alumni for business. When these alumni events have slews of non-alumni in them, then they're no better than a bar or something open to the general public, where you meet strangers with whom you have nothing in common.
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