h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

There is def. no shortage of things to do at uconn. The writer of this article must have been a real loser judging by the fact that he admitied to living in buckley to years in a row. Playboy never fails to recognize us as one of the top 10 party schools in the country. We are #8 this year. Check the Nov. 2002 issue. Get over it you where a geek but you shouldn't slam the other 12,000 or some odd kids that go here because you where a band geek!!!!!!!

yo my boy nailed it right on the head.. all these haters on UCONN cant cut it here, and need to be sent home to their shanty hometowns... it is real easy to have fun here, so if you cant have fun, your probabily just a social outcast, much like the author of this article must have been when he was in UCONN. for the other people glorifying this webpage. you guys all need hugs, and when we are laughing and having a good time here at UCONN, you guys will still be crying. DONT HATE..

sincerely,
Kev0

And you, my friend, have clearly demonstrated the disadvantages of attending a "party school" to anyone reading your comment. You think that you can rile me up by posting a derogatory comment on my page? Perhaps that would have been possible, if you possessed the faculties to comprehend even the basic rudiments of grammar. Since I'm a generous man, I will turn the other cheek and not reciprocate. Instead, I will help you learn how to write better by correcting your comment.
-"There is def. no shortage of things to do at uconn." Using an abbreviation such as "def." in the middle of a sentence suggests laziness and is damaging to your argument. Also, UConn is a proper noun, and should be capitalized.
-"The writer of this article must have been a real loser judging by the fact that he admitied to living in buckley to years in a row." You should insert a comma after "loser," but it isn't neccessary. It would simply improve the flow of your thoughts. The past tense of the verb "to admit" is ADMITTED, not admitied. Buckley is a proper noun, and should therefore be capitalized. The proper spelling of the second ordinal number is "two" and not "to." "To" is a preposition.
-"Playboy never fails to recognize us as one of the top 10 party schools in the country. We are #8 this year. Check the Nov. 2002 issue." Nothing wrong there, but I do question the integrity and objectivity of your source.
-"Get over it you where a geek but you shouldn't slam the other 12,000 or some odd kids that go here because you where a band geek!!!!!!!" You should place a period or exclamation point after "Get over it," because it is a complete sentence. It then stands to follow that "you" should be capitalized, as it is now the start of a new sentence. I believe you are confusing the adverb/interrogative "where" for the past tense being verb "were." "Where" refers to location, and "were" implies a state of being at some time in the past. A comma should be placed before "but," because it is necessary to place a comma before a coordinating conjunction. The verb "to slam," meaning "to put down," is a colloquial term, and while there is nothing wrong with that per se, the use of colloquialisms weakens your argument. Next, we come to "where vs. when" again. Remember: "were" is the verb, not "where." Finally, the use of extra exclamation points trivializes your argument and causes your comment to become overly personal and informal. Consider using only one or two, so as not to be redundant.

I hope that these tips help you. The only other suggestion I have for you is this: Not everyone has the same opinion as you. There is no reason to go out of your way to try to insult someone just because they think differently than you do. Finally, it would be helpful for you to understand satire and sarcasm. Otherwise you will be on the receiving end of quite a bit of both.
PS. Just so you know, I'm not a band geek. I'm not in the band. I'm a dork, and a hermit, but not a band geek. If you are going to stereotype me, get it right.

Replying to your own comment is classy.

Thanks Jared.. You still need a hug though.

HAHAHA.......Well if anything my dear friend you have proved my point that you are a geek. There is no doubt in my mind that while you have managed to find some insignificant grammer errors in my typing I'm not only smarter then you but much less of a whiney loser. Grow some balls drink a beer you DEF. need a hug.

One more thing if you where a dork and a loser what buisness do you have rateing a school for how much fun it was to attend. I'm sure you could have found a drunk freshman to lay even you if you would have stopped surfing the porn on the network long enough to leave your room.

Bro,
how can you see this kids article as bashing uconn? it was completely, honest, not to mention hilarious at the same time. The most important line in it was, *and im paraphrasing because yes, I am too lazy to go look it up, "if you like to get drunk in the middle of nowhere, this is the school for you"

so you've distinguished yourself as one of the people who likes to get drunk in the middle of nowhere, guess what, me too, so we love our school,

but that dosent make all his points any less valid